insistent

English

Etymology

From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɪstənt/

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Adjective

insistent (comparative more insistent, superlative most insistent)

1. (obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
2. Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
3. Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
   • 2008, Nicholas Drayson, A Guide to the Birds of East Africa, page 24:

     Hadadas roost in numbers among the trees in the leafier parts of Nairobi and their eponymous call is one of the more insistent elements of the dawn chorus in that part of the world, though they may be heard at any time of the day.

4. (ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.

Derived terms

• insistently

Related terms

• insist
• insistence
• insistency

 

Translations

urgent

• Bulgarian: настойчив (bg) (nastojčiv)
• Finnish: hellittämätön (fi), itsepintainen (fi)
• Italian: insistente (it)
• Maori: nonoi
• Plautdietsch: drinjent
• Russian: настойчивый (ru) (nastojčivyj)

References

• “insistent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• tintiness, nittiness

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnsistentem.

Adjective

insistent m or f (masculine and feminine plural insistents)

1. insistent

Derived terms

• insistència
• insistentment

Related terms

• insistir

Further reading

• “insistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “insistent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “insistent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “insistent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

insistent

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of insister

Anagrams

• intestins

Latin

Verb

īnsistent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of īnsistō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French insistente.

Adjective

insistent m or n (feminine singular insistentă, masculine plural insistenți, feminine and neuter plural insistente)

1. insistent

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	insistent		insistentă		insistenți	insistente
	definite	insistentul		insistenta		insistenții	insistentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	insistent		insistente		insistenți	insistente
	definite	insistentului		insistentei		insistenților	insistentelor