Word of the Day : November 14, 2023
Exigent
adjective EK-suh-junt
What It Means
- Exigent is a formal word that describes things that need to be dealt with immediately, as well as people who expect significant time, attention, effort, etc. from other people.
- // The warrantless search of the property was permitted because of exigent circumstances.
- // He struggled to satisfy the needs of the exigent client.
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EXIGENT In Context
“People don’t tend to reveal their true selves while careening across a landscape. Unless, of course, civilization has ended—a cheap setup that, I must begrudgingly admit, motivates character development in an exigent way. The most famous literary and filmic specimen that focuses, as games do, on spatial traversal amid existential threat is Lord of the Rings—which, of course, exerted a strong influence on the development of games in the first place.” — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2023
Did You Know?
“People don’t tend to reveal their true selves while careening across a landscape. Unless, of course, civilization has ended—a cheap setup that, I must begrudgingly admit, motivates character development in an exigent way. The most famous literary and filmic specimen that focuses, as games do, on spatial traversal amid existential threat is Lord of the Rings—which, of course, exerted a strong influence on the development of games in the first place.” — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2023
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