exigence
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French exigence.
Noun
editexigence (countable and uncountable, plural exigences)
- exigency
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 9, in Sense and Sensibility […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
- Chagrined and surprised, they were obliged, though unwillingly, to turn back, for no shelter was nearer than their own house. One consolation however remained for them, to which the exigence of the moment gave more than the usual propriety; it was that of running with all possible speed down the steep side of the hill which led immediately to the garden gate.
- 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 8:
- Most fortunately the exigence of despair prompted Georgiana to instant action—she seized the letter and thrust it under the bed-clothes, at the moment the door was opened,...
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin exigentia.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editexigence f (plural exigences)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “exigence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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