From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant.
Pronunciation[edit] (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/, /ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/ Audio (Southern England):(file) Adjective[edit]exigent (comparative more exigent, superlative most exigent)
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. Demanding; requiring great effort. Derived terms[edit] allocatur exigentexigent circumstanceexigenterexigentlyinexigentunexigent Related terms[edit] exigenceexigencyexigenter Translations[edit] urgent; needing immediate action Bulgarian: неотложен (bg) (neotložen), належащ (bg) (naležašt) Chinese: Mandarin: 緊急 / 紧急 (zh) (jǐnjí), 迫切 (zh) (pòqiè) Dutch: dringend (nl) Finnish: kiireellinen (fi) French: urgent (fr), pressant (fr) German: dringend (de), dringlich (de), ernst (de) Hungarian: sürgős (hu), égető (hu), szorongató (hu) 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 Chinese: Mandarin: 苛求 (zh) (kēqiú) Dutch: veeleisend (nl) Finnish: vaativa (fi) French: exigeant (fr) German: anspruchsvoll (de) Hungarian: követelő (hu), követelődző (hu), igényes (hu) Italian: esigente (it) m or f Portuguese: exigente (pt) m or f Spanish: exigente (es) Noun[edit]exigent (plural exigents)
(archaic) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency. 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:Theſe Eyes, like Lampes, whoſe waſting Oyle is ſpent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent. 1611, [Miles Smith], “The Translators to the Reader”, in The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC: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. (archaic) The amount that is required. 1840 March, Robert Browning, “Book the Third”, in Sordello, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 102:[H]is enterprise / Marked out anew, its exigent of wit / Apportioned, she at liberty to sit / And scheme against the next emergence, […] (obsolete, British, law) A writ in proceedings before outlawry. 1607, John Cowell, The Interpreter:They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents Translations[edit] extremity Russian: кра́йность (ru) f (krájnostʹ) Catalan[edit] Etymology[edit]Borrowed from Latin exigentem, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”).
Pronunciation[edit] IPA(key): (Central) [əɡ.ziˈʒen] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əɡ.ziˈʒent] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.ziˈd͡ʒent] Audio (Barcelona):(file) Adjective[edit]exigent m or f (masculine and feminine plural exigents)
exigent, demanding Related terms[edit] exigència exigir Further reading[edit] “exigent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “exigent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025 “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. French[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Audio (France (Lyon)):(file) Verb[edit]exigent
third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of exiger Latin[edit] Verb[edit]exigent
third-person plural future active indicative of exigō Romanian[edit] Etymology[edit]Borrowed from French exigeant, from Latin exigens.
Adjective[edit]exigent m or n (feminine singular exigentă, masculine plural exigenți, feminine and neuter plural exigente)
demanding Declension[edit] 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