exigence
pronunciation
How to pronounce exigence in British English:
UK ['eksɪdʒəns]
How to pronounce exigence in American English:
US ['eksɪdʒəns]
Word Origin
- exigence (n.)
- mid-15c., "what is needed" (in a given situation), from Middle French exigence or directly from Latin exigentia "urgency," from exigentem (nominative exigens), present participle of exigere "to drive out; require, demand, claim" (see exact (v.)). From 1580s as "state of being urgent."
Example
- 1. In such an exigence my uncle 's advice and assistance would be everything in the world .
- 2. One consolation however remained for them , to which the exigence of the moment gave more than usual propriety ; it was that of running with all possible speed down the steep side of the hill which led immediately to their garden gate .