insistent

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English

Etymology

From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.

Adjective

insistent (comparative more insistent, superlative most insistent)

1. (obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
2. Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
3. Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
4. (ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.

Derived terms

• insistently

Related terms

• insist
• insistence

Translations

urgent

• Finnish: hellittämätön (fi), itsepintainen (fi)
• Italian: insistente (it)

• Maori: nonoi
• Russian: настойчивый (ru) (nastojčivyj)

References

• insistent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• tintiness

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French

Verb

insistent

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

Anagrams

• intestins

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Latin

Verb

īnsistent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of īnsistō