Dictionary

exigent en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/ (UK, US)
• /ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/ (UK, US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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.

Forms

Deriveds

allocatur exigent · exigenter · inexigent · exigent circumstance · exigently · unexigent

Relateds

exigence · exigency · exigenter

Translations (34)

ca exigent (demanding; needing great effort) · pt exigente (urgent; needing immediate action) · cmn 緊急 /紧急 (urgent; needing immediate action) · hu követelő (demanding; needing great effort) · pl wymagający (demanding; needing great effort) · hu sürgős (urgent; needing immediate action) · it esigente (demanding; needing great effort) · cmn 迫切 (urgent; needing immediate action) · pl pilny (urgent; needing immediate action) · hu szorongató (urgent; needing immediate action) · cmn 苛求 (demanding; needing great effort) · ru неотло́жный (urgent; needing immediate action) · hu igényes (demanding; needing great effort) · bg неотложен (urgent; needing immediate action) · pl naglący (urgent; needing immediate action) · bg взискателен (demanding; needing great effort) · de ernst (urgent; needing immediate action) · hu égető (urgent; needing immediate action) · de anspruchsvoll (demanding; needing great effort) · pt exigente (demanding; needing great effort) · de dringlich (urgent; needing immediate action) · ru сро́чный (urgent; needing immediate action) · nl veeleisend (demanding; needing great effort) · de dringend (urgent; needing immediate action) · nl dringend (urgent; needing immediate action) · fr urgent (urgent; needing immediate action) · bg належащ (urgent; needing immediate action) · es exigente (demanding; needing great effort) · fi vaativa (demanding; needing great effort) · fr exigeant (demanding; needing great effort) · hu követelődző (demanding; needing great effort) · fr pressant (urgent; needing immediate action) · es urgente (urgent; needing immediate action) · fi kiireellinen (urgent; needing immediate action)

exigent en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/ (UK, US)
• /ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/ (UK, US)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (archaic) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.
   • 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 driuen to the like exigent, it is neceſſary to haue tranſlations in a readineſſe. 1611, [Miles Smith], “The Translators to the Reader”, in The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
   • Theſe Eyes, like Lampes, whoſe waſting Oyle is ſpent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene v], page 104, column 2:
2. (archaic) The amount that is required.
   • [H]is enterprise / Marked out anew, its exigent of wit / Apportioned, she at liberty to sit / And scheme against the next emergence, […] 1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Third”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 102:
3. (UK, obsolete) A writ in proceedings before outlawry.
   • They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents 1607, John Cowell, The Interpreter:

Forms

Translations (2)

pl skrajność (extremity) · ru кра́йность (extremity)