pertinent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand

   a list of articles pertinent to the discussion

2. 2
   adj

   Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.

   Fourthly, I have made an effort to call the attention of the reader to the pertinent literature.

3. 3
   adj

   being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

4. 4
   noun

   A right that attaches to land, in Scots law.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pertinent, borrowed from Old French pertinent and Latin pertinēns, pertinentem.