exigent

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

He had now become a young man of extreme fashion, and as much repandu in society as the utmost and most exigent coveter of London celebrity could desire. — Paul Clifford — Complete, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
We are not contented with attributing to the gods our own infirmities; we make them even more wayward, even more passionate, even more exigent and more malignant: and then some of us try to coax and cajole them, and others run away from them outright. — Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection, Walter Savage Landor
On the very first salary day after Rodney's newspaper had informed Rose of her true financial situation, the manager doled out a little money on account to the more exigent members of the company, and remunerated the others with thanks, a nervous smile, and the rock-ribbed assurance that they'd get it all next week. — The Real Adventure, Henry Kitchell Webster

clamant, crying, insistent, instant

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