"attingent" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈtɪn.dʒənt/ Forms: more attingent [comparative], most attingent [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪndʒənt Etymology: Borrowed from Latin attingēns (“touching”, passive participle), from Latin attingō (“to touch; to come into contact with”, verb). Further from Latin tangō (“to touch, to grasp”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tangō and Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-, both verbs of the same meaning. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=touch}}, {{bor|en|la|attingēns|pos=passive participle|t=touching}} Latin attingēns (“touching”, passive participle), {{der|en|la|attingō|pos=verb|t=to touch; to come into contact with}} Latin attingō (“to touch; to come into contact with”, verb), {{der|en|la|tangō|pos=verb|t=to touch, to grasp}} Latin tangō (“to touch, to grasp”, verb), {{der|en|itc-pro|*tangō}} Proto-Italic *tangō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-}} Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- Head templates: {{en-adj}} attingent (comparative more attingent, superlative most attingent)
  1. (formal or literary) touching; adjacent Tags: formal, literary Derived forms: attingence, attingency
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