exigeantadj.

Brit.

/ɛksɪˈʒɒ̃/, U.S.

/ˌɛksiˈʒɑn(t)/

Forms: 1700s– exigeant, 1700s– exigeante Brit.

/ɛksɪˈʒɒ̃t/, U.S.

/ˌɛksiˈʒɑnt/ (designating a woman, after the French feminine form).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French exigeant, exiger.

Etymology: < French exigeant (18th cent.), use as adjective of present participle of exiger to demand (see exigent n.² and adj.).Not fully naturalized in English. N.E.D. (1894) only gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (ęksiʒaṅ) /ɛksiʒɑ̃/.

literary.

= exigent adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > exacting

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exigent1790

exactive1822

exacting1847

sweaty1919

ball-busting1978

1789 E. Craven Journey through Crimea lii. 240 The Russian cabinet is so exigeant, that the moment is not far off when the Turks must be trampled upon, or break out with an honest indignation.

1796 Mem. Marquis de Villebon I. xi. 108 That old Lady E. is so exigeânte, that she expects us fine men to think of nothing but her.

1837 Countess of Blessington Honey-moon I. 14 The answer..scarcely satisfied the jealous and exigeant lover.

1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. I. 22 Falling into the jealous, exigeant, selfish type of affection.

1908 V. Hunt White Rose of Weary Leaf i. xx. 153 He would seek the handsome exigeante wife, submit to her fussy recriminations.

1964 Rep. Legal Advisory Comm. iv, in National Power Surv. (U.S. Federal Power Comm.) II. 366/1 The exigeant requirements of the immediate post-war period..directed energies toward service to existing load areas.

2008 Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. ii. 16 The bewildered child who never felt quite able to fulfil the expectations of his emotionally exigeant mama.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	exigeant
释义	exigeantadj. Brit. /ɛksɪˈʒɒ̃/, U.S. /ˌɛksiˈʒɑn(t)/ Forms: 1700s– exigeant, 1700s– exigeante Brit. /ɛksɪˈʒɒ̃t/, U.S. /ˌɛksiˈʒɑnt/ (designating a woman, after the French feminine form). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French exigeant, exiger. Etymology: < French exigeant (18th cent.), use as adjective of present participle of exiger to demand (see exigent n.² and adj.).Not fully naturalized in English. N.E.D. (1894) only gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (ęksiʒaṅ) /ɛksiʒɑ̃/. literary. = exigent adj. 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > exacting exigeant1789 exigent1790 exactive1822 exacting1847 sweaty1919 ball-busting1978 1789 E. Craven Journey through Crimea lii. 240 The Russian cabinet is so exigeant, that the moment is not far off when the Turks must be trampled upon, or break out with an honest indignation. 1796 Mem. Marquis de Villebon I. xi. 108 That old Lady E. is so exigeânte, that she expects us fine men to think of nothing but her. 1837 Countess of Blessington Honey-moon I. 14 The answer..scarcely satisfied the jealous and exigeant lover. 1871 R. H. Hutton Ess. I. 22 Falling into the jealous, exigeant, selfish type of affection. 1908 V. Hunt White Rose of Weary Leaf i. xx. 153 He would seek the handsome exigeante wife, submit to her fussy recriminations. 1964 Rep. Legal Advisory Comm. iv, in National Power Surv. (U.S. Federal Power Comm.) II. 366/1 The exigeant requirements of the immediate post-war period..directed energies toward service to existing load areas. 2008 Times (Nexis) 27 Nov. ii. 16 The bewildered child who never felt quite able to fulfil the expectations of his emotionally exigeant mama. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1789
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