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Word entry · 7 letters

exigent

Best crossword clue

"Urgently demanding"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eegintxStarts with EEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. requiring precise accuracy

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Theſe Eyes, like Lampes, whoſe waſting Oyle is ſpent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent.
  • [H]is enterprise / Marked out anew, its exigent of wit / Apportioned, she at liberty to sit / And scheme against the next emergence, […]
  • They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents

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