exigent
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
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.
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Translations[edit]
urgent; needing immediate action
demanding; needing great effort
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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Noun[edit]
exigent (plural exigents)
- (archaic) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.
- 1591, Henry VI, Part 1, by William Shakespeare
- These eyes, like lamps whose wasting oil is spent, / Wax dim, as drawing to their exigent; […]
- 1611, King James' Bible, Preface
- 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 driven to the like exigent, it is necessary to have translations in a readiness.
- 1591, Henry VI, Part 1, by William Shakespeare
- (archaic) The amount that is required.
- 1840, Robert Browning, Sordello
- Marked out anew, its exigent of wit
- 1840, Robert Browning, Sordello
- (obsolete, Britain, law) A writ in proceedings before outlawry.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Abbott to this entry?)
Translations[edit]
extremity
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”).
Adjective[edit]
exigent (masculine and feminine plural exigents)
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Further reading[edit]
- “exigent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “exigent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “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[edit]
Verb[edit]
exigent
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
exigent
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French exigeant, from Latin exigens.
Adjective[edit]
exigent m or n (feminine singular exigentă, masculine plural exigenți, feminine and neuter plural exigente)
Declension[edit]
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 |
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