importunity
Constant and insistent demanding or proposing, especially if regarded as annoying or…Constant and insistent demanding or proposing, especially if regarded as annoying or upsetting; also, the character of such behaviour; (countable) an instance of this.
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)Constant and insistent demanding or proposing, especially if regarded as annoying or upsetting; also, the character of such behaviour; (countable) an instance of this.
Aufdringlichkeit, ständiges Bedrängen
насты́рностьnastýrnostʹ, назо́йливостьnazójlivostʹ
(obsolete, uncountable)The fact of being at an inappropriate or unsuitable time; unseasonableness.
(obsolete, uncountable)Persistence in behaviour; determination, perseverance, stubbornness.
(obsolete, uncountable)The quality of being annoying or troublesome; difficulty, trouble; (countable) an instance of this.
- insistent solicitation and entreaty
- Quality of a person who is given to making importunate demands, being greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.
Translations
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Origin
From Late Middle English importunitie, importunyte (“insistence, persistence; grievance; hFrom Late Middle English importunitie, importunyte (“insistence, persistence; grievance; hardship, trouble; inappropriateness (?)”), from Anglo-Norman importunité, and Middle French importunité (“persistent demand; hardship, trouble; something difficult or troublesome; inappropriateness”) (modern French importunité), and their etymon Latin importūnitās (“insolence, rudeness; oppressiveness, relentlessness; unfitness, unsuitableness”), from importūnus (“annoying; rude; inconvenient; unsuitable”) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns denoting states of being).
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Forms
plural: importunities| Singular | importunity |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonyms- insistent solicitation and entreaty:urgencyurging
- Quality of a person who is given to making importunate demands, being greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.:importunateness
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
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