a. [Fr. pr. pple. of exiger, ad. L. exigĕre: see EXIGENT.] = EXACTING ppl. a. 3. Also used (with sbs. denoting women) in fem. form Exigeante.
1803. Mar. Edgeworth, Belinda, viii. Clarence Hervey had been used to the brilliant and exigeante lady Delacour.
1837. C’tess Blessington, in C. Heath, Bk. of Beauty, 190. It scarcely satisfied the jealous and exigeant lover.
1871. R. H. Hutton, Ess., I. 22. Falling into the jealous, exigeant, selfish type of affection.
