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exigent
[exigent 词源字典]
exigent:
see
exact
[exigent etymology, exigent origin, 英语词源]
exigent (adj.)
1660s, "urgent," a back-formation from
exigency
or else from Latin
exigentem
(nominative
exigens
), present participle of
exigere
"to demand; drive out, drive forth" (see
exact
(v.)).