INSISTENT
insistent, repetitive
(adjective) repetitive and persistent; “the bluejay’s insistent cry”
clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant
(adjective) demanding attention; “clamant needs”; “a crying need”; “regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous”- H.L.Mencken; “insistent hunger”; “an instant need”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
insistent (comparative more insistent, superlative most insistent)
(obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
(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.
Anagrams
• tintiness
Source: Wiktionary
In*sist"ent, a. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.)
Definition: See Incumbent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition