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Word entry · 10 letters

insistence

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"Firm demand"

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10 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈsɪs.təns/Part of speech nounSorted ceeiinnsstStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the act of insisting on something

Word origin

From Middle English insistence, derived from Old French insister (“to insist”). Compare Middle French insistance. Morphologically insist + -ence.

Used in a sentence

  • He made gourd-rattles (known in ever so many parts of the world) in which he rattled dried seeds or small pebbles with a most beguiling and rain-like insistence[.]

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