Meaning

1 senses

  1. An importuner.

Examples

2 sentences

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

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  2. 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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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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Forms

plural: importunates
Singularimportunate
Pluralimportunates

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
importantA1importantlyA2importationimporterimposeB2impositionC2impossibilityB2
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