different between exigent vs exigency

English

Etymology

From Latin exig?ns, present active participle of exig? (“demand, require”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??k.s?.d??nt/, /???.z?.d??nt/

Adjective

exigent (comparative more exigent, superlative most exigent)

1. 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.

2. Demanding; requiring great effort.

Derived terms

Related terms

• exigence
• exigency
• exigenter

Translations

Noun

exigent (plural exigents)

1. (archaic) Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency.
2. (archaic) The amount that is required.
3. (obsolete, Britain, law) A writ in proceedings before outlawry.

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Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin exig?ns, present active participle of exig? (“demand, require”).

Adjective

exigent (masculine and feminine plural exigents)

1. exigent, demanding

Related terms

• exigència
• exigir

Further reading

• “exigent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “exigent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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

Verb

exigent

1. third-person plural present indicative of exiger
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of exiger

Latin

Verb

exigent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of exig?

Romanian

Etymology

From French exigeant, from Latin exigens.

Adjective

exigent m or n (feminine singular exigent?, masculine plural exigen?i, feminine and neuter plural exigente)

1. demanding

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French exigence , from Late Latin exigentia (“urgency”) (from exig?ns + -ia), from exigere (“to demand”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): [???z?d??nsi]

Noun

exigency (countable and uncountable, plural exigencies)

1. (chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation.
2. An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.

Synonyms

• exigence
• necessity
• urgency

Related terms

• exigent
• exigenter
• exiguity
• exiguous

Translations

References

Further reading

• exigency in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• exigency in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• exigency at OneLook Dictionary Search