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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: , present participle of exigere; EXACT2

exigent

 adjective
     
ex‧i‧gent formal
1 demanding a lot of attention from other people in a way that is unreasonable
2 an exigent situation is urgent, so that you must deal with it very quickly
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