exigent
pronunciation
How to pronounce exigent in British English:
UK ['eksɪdʒənt]
How to pronounce exigent in American English:
US [ˈɛksədʒənt]
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- Adjective:
- demanding attention
- requiring precise accuracy
Word Origin
- exigent
- exigent: see exact
- exigent (adj.)
- 1660s, "urgent," a back-formation from exigency or else from Latin exigentem (nominative exigens), present participle of exigere "to demand; drive out, drive forth" (see exact (v.)).
Example
- 1. But , to borrow from fedspeak , these are ' unusual and exigent ' times .
- 2. It is exigent as a matter of practical fact .
- 3. Commercial banking in normal times is profitable . In exigent circumstances additional capital is needed .
- 4. Yet , as everyone knows the flesh is powerful , exigent , and more enduring than we ordinarily believe .
- 5. But to invoke its power to lend to other companies in " unusual and exigent circumstances " , as it routinely did in 2008 and 2009 , it must get the approval of the treasury secretary , and demand enough collateral to protect the taxpayer from loss .