exigent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite demanding attention
    insistent; instant; clamant; crying.
    • clamant needs
    • a crying need
    • regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken
    • insistent hunger
    • an instant need
  2. adjective satellite requiring precise accuracy
    exacting.
    • an exacting job
    • became more exigent over his pronunciation

WordNet

Ex`i*gent adjective
Etymology
L. exigens, -entis, p. pr. of exigere to drive out or forth, require, exact. See Exact.
Definitions
  1. Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical. "At this exigent moment." Burke.
Ex"i*gent noun
Definitions
  1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment. Obs.
    Why do you cross me in this exigent? Shak.
  2. (o. Eng. Law) The name of a writ in proceedings before outlawry. Abbott.

Webster 1913