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English Dictionary: insistent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for insistent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insistent adj repetitive and persistent; "the bluejay's insistent cry" Synonym(s): insistent, repetitive demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" Synonym(s): clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insistent \Insist"ent\, a. [L. insistens, -entis, p. pr. of insistere.] 1. Standing or resting on something; as, an insistent* wall. --Sir H. Wotton. 2. Insisting; persistent; persevering. 3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Incumbent}.