stringent
Pronunciation: /ˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/
The English word “stringent” has 1 meaning listed here.
adjective
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin stringēns, stringentem, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).
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