• Insistent

    Origin

    From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.

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    Adjective

    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.
    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.

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