11. exigency
Published in
Mar 9, 2022
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(9 March 2022)
definition
exigency [/ˈeksəjənsē,eɡˈzijənsē/]
noun. an urgent need
extended definition
an urgent need or demand
(plural: exigencies)
etymology
Latin: exigentia “urgency” (from present participle of exigere “to demand, enforce; to finish, measure” from ex- “out of” + agere “to drive, set in motion”) → 1580s French exigence “that which is needed”; also 1769 “state of being urgent”
references
- definitions from Oxford Languages via Google’s English Dictionary
- etymology (word origin information) from Online Etymology Dictionary (“etymonline”)
- my favorite Latin dictionary: William Whitaker’s Words
