exigent
English
WOTD – 6 January 2010
Etymology
From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/, /ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
exigent (comparative more exigent, superlative most exigent)
- Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
- 2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence
- Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority.
- 2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence
- Demanding; requiring great effort.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- allocatur exigent
- exigenter
- exigently
- inexigent
Related terms
Related terms
- exigence
- exigency
- exigenter
Translations
urgent; needing immediate action
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demanding; needing great effort
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Noun
exigent (plural exigents)
- (archaic) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene v], page 104, column 2:
- Theſe Eyes, like Lampes, whoſe waſting Oyle is ſpent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent.
- 1611, [Miles Smith], “The Translators to the Reader”, in The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981:
- Therefore as one complaineth, that always in the Senate of Rome [Cicero 5° de finibus.], there was one or other that called for an interpreter: ſo leſt the Church be driuen to the like exigent, it is neceſſary to haue tranſlations in a readineſſe.
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- (archaic) The amount that is required.
- 1840 March, Robert Browning, Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 1000880475, book the third, page 102:
- [H]is enterprise / Marked out anew, its exigent of wit / Apportioned, she at liberty to sit / And scheme against the next emergence, […]
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- (obsolete, Britain, law) A writ in proceedings before outlawry.
- 1607, John Cowell, The Interpreter:
- They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents
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Translations
extremity
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Catalan
Etymology
From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”).
Adjective
exigent (masculine and feminine plural exigents)
- exigent, demanding
Related terms
- exigència
- exigir
Further reading
- “exigent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “exigent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “exigent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “exigent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
exigent
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of exiger
Latin
Verb
exigent
- third-person plural future active indicative of exigō
Romanian
Etymology
From French exigeant, from Latin exigens.
Adjective
exigent m or n (feminine singular exigentă, masculine plural exigenți, feminine and neuter plural exigente)
- demanding
Declension
Declension of exigent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | exigent | exigentă | exigenți | exigente | ||
definite | exigentul | exigenta | exigenții | exigentele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | exigent | exigente | exigenți | exigente | ||
definite | exigentului | exigentei | exigenților | exigentelor |