STRINGENT


Meaning of STRINGENT in English

adjective Etymology: Latin ~-, stringens, present participle of stringere Date: 1736 tight , constricted, marked by rigor, strictness, or severity especially with regard to rule or standard , marked by money scarcity and credit strictness , see: rigid ~ly adverb

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