insistent
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.
Adjective [edit]
insistent (comparative more insistent, superlative most insistent)
- (obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
- Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
- Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
- (ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.
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References [edit]
- insistent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Verb [edit]
insistent
- third-person plural present indicative of insister
- third-person plural present subjunctive of insister
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
īnsistent
- third-person plural future active indicative of īnsistō
