9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
adjective of great significance or value
adjective important in effect or meaning
adjective of extreme importance; vital to the resolution of a crisis
originFrom Middle English important, from Medieval Latin important-, importāns. By surface analysis, import (“to be important”) + -ant. Displaced native Old English heah and hefig.
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