Pronounced: CAB-uh-lihn (alt: CAB-uh-leen), adj
Notes: Also capitalized, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen this word
Yesterday’s word
The word exigent means
- requiring immediate aid or action
- requiring or calling for much; demanding
First usage
Our word came into English in the early to mid-1400s
Background / Comments
I think I confused our word with “extant”. Our word came from late Middle English, which came from the same word in Latin, which is the present participle of the verb exigere (to demand).
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