Importunacy
[im-pawr-chuh-nuh-see] /ɪmˈpɔr tʃə nə si/
noun
1.
the quality or condition of being ; importunateness.
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[im-pawr-chuh-nit] /ɪmˈpɔr tʃə nɪt/ adjective 1. urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so. 2. pertinacious, as solicitations or demands. 3. troublesome; annoying: importunate demands from the children for attention. /ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnɪt/ adjective 1. persistent or demanding; insistent 2. (rare) troublesome; annoying adj. 1520s, from importune + -ate, or else from Medieval Latin importunatus, past participle […]
- Importunately
[im-pawr-chuh-nit] /ɪmˈpɔr tʃə nɪt/ adjective 1. urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so. 2. pertinacious, as solicitations or demands. 3. troublesome; annoying: importunate demands from the children for attention. /ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnɪt/ adjective 1. persistent or demanding; insistent 2. (rare) troublesome; annoying adj. 1520s, from importune + -ate, or else from Medieval Latin importunatus, past participle […]
- Importune
[im-pawr-toon, -tyoon, im-pawr-chuh n] /ˌɪm pɔrˈtun, -ˈtyun, ɪmˈpɔr tʃən/ verb (used with object), importuned, importuning. 1. to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence. 2. to make improper advances toward (a person). 3. to beg for (something) urgently or persistently. 4. Obsolete. to annoy. 5. Obsolete. to press; impel. verb (used without […]
- Importunity
[im-pawr-too-ni-tee, -tyoo-] /ˌɪm pɔrˈtu nɪ ti, -ˈtyu-/ noun, plural importunities for 2. 1. the state or quality of being ; persistence in solicitation. 2. importunities, solicitations or demands. n. early 15c., “persistence, insistence; over-eagerness,” from Middle French importunité (14c.), from Latin importunitatem (nominative importunitas) “unsuitableness; unmannerliness, incivility,” from importunus “unfit, troublesome” (see importune).
- Importuning
[im-pawr-toon, -tyoon, im-pawr-chuh n] /ˌɪm pɔrˈtun, -ˈtyun, ɪmˈpɔr tʃən/ verb (used with object), importuned, importuning. 1. to press or beset with solicitations; demand with urgency or persistence. 2. to make improper advances toward (a person). 3. to beg for (something) urgently or persistently. 4. Obsolete. to annoy. 5. Obsolete. to press; impel. verb (used without […]