What does exigeante mean?
Exigeante means (dated) A demanding woman..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(dated) A demanding woman..
Now mammas are sometimes exigeantes; and on a winter's evening I am loath to leave my comfortable fireside because Tommy has over-eaten himself and has the stomach-ache, or because that angel, Miss Lucy, has fallen down […]
One has had a bad supper, an exigeante dowager that he was obliged to escort having prevented his enjoying anything […]
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Exigeante means (dated) A demanding woman..
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Now mammas are sometimes exigeantes; and on a winter's evening I am loath to leave my comfortable fireside because Tommy has over-eaten himself and has the stomach-ache, or because that angel, Miss Lucy, has fallen down […]
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