stringent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Strict, severe, and demanding close attention to rules or standards.

   The factory must meet stringent safety requirements.

Simplified etymology

Stringent entered English in the mid-17th century from Latin constringere, in the family of stringere, “to tighten or draw tight.” Astringent is identified as its variant.

Learned borrowing from Latin stringēns, stringentem, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).

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