exigent

English

WOTD – 6 January 2010

Etymology

From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛk.sɪ.dʒənt/, /ˈɛɡ.zɪ.dʒənt/

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Adjective

exigent (comparative more exigent, superlative most exigent)

1. 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.

2. Demanding; requiring great effort.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• allocatur exigent
• exigenter

• exigently
• inexigent

Related terms

• exigence
• exigency
• exigenter

Translations

urgent; needing immediate action

• Bulgarian: неотложен (bg) (neotložen), належащ (bg) (naležašt)
• Finnish: kiireellinen (fi)
• Hungarian: sürgős (hu), égető (hu), szorongató

• Portuguese: exigente (pt) m or f
• Russian: неотло́жный (ru) m (neotlóžnyj), сро́чный (ru) m (sróčnyj)
• Spanish: urgente (es)

demanding; needing great effort

• Bulgarian: взискателен (bg) (vziskatelen)
• Catalan: exigent (ca) m or f
• Finnish: vaativa (fi)

• Hungarian: követelő, követelődző, igényes (hu)
• Portuguese: exigente (pt) m or f
• Spanish: exigente (es)

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.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} exigeant (fr), ^{(please verify)} urgent (fr), ^{(please verify)} pressant (fr)

Noun

exigent (plural exigents)

1. (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.

2. (archaic) The amount that is required.
   • 1840, Robert Browning, Sordello

     Marked out anew, its exigent of wit

3. (obsolete, Britain, law) A writ in proceedings before outlawry.

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Translations

extremity

• Russian: кра́йность (ru) f (krájnostʹ)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”).

Adjective

exigent (masculine and feminine plural exigents)

1. 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.
• “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.

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French

Verb

exigent

1. third-person plural present indicative of exiger
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of exiger

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Latin

Verb

exigent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of exigō

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Romanian

Etymology

From French exigeant, from Latin exigens.

Adjective

exigent m or n (feminine singular exigentă, masculine plural exigenți, feminine and neuter plural exigente)

1. demanding

Declension

Declension of exigent

		singular			plural
		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