adjective · rare

importunate

importunate · more importunate · most importunate

настойчивый

Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly soPersistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.

UK/ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnət/US/ɪmˈpɔɹt͡ʃənət/

» Mary said that Tom was too importunate, or something along those lines.

Meaning

2 senses

Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
настойчивыйnastojčivyj
persistent to the point of annoying
Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.

Examples

2 sentences

Mary said that Tom was too importunate, or something along those lines.
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With such words as these day by day, both the woman was importunate with the young man, and he refused the adultery.
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Translations

1 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

of a demand, persistent or pressing:

Origin

First attested in 1477, in Middle english; from Latin importūnus + -ate (adjective-forming

First attested in 1477, in Middle english; from Latin importūnus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), modelled on Middle French importuné. By surface analysis, importune + -ate (compare inopportune). The noun was substantivized from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

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