Exigence

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  • noun. Exigency.
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  • noun. Exigency.
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  • noun. exigency
  • Word Usage
    "And that the pleasurable sensations arising from these secretions may constitute the unnamed pleasure of exigence, which is contrary to what is meant by tedium vitæ, or ennui; and by which we sometimes feel ourselves happy, without being able to ascribe it to any mental cause, as after an agreeable meal, or in the beginning of intoxication."