exigeante
English
Etymology
French exigeante, feminine form.
Noun
exigeante (plural exigeantes)
- (dated) A demanding woman.
- 1871, My Heroine: A Story (page 2)
- Now mammas are sometimes exigeantes; and on a winter's evening I am loath to leave my comfortable fireside because Tommy has over-eaten himself and has the stomach-ache, or because that angel, Miss Lucy, has fallen down […]
- 1871, My Heroine: A Story (page 2)
Adjective
exigeante (comparative more exigeante, superlative most exigeante)
- (dated) Of a woman: demanding.
- 1841, Society in India; by an Indian officer (page 111)
- One has had a bad supper, an exigeante dowager that he was obliged to escort having prevented his enjoying anything […]
- 1841, Society in India; by an Indian officer (page 111)
French
Adjective
exigeante
Norman
Adjective
exigeante