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Webster 1913 Edition
Importunity
Imˊpor-tu′ni-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Importunities
(#)
. [L.
importunitas
unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunité
.] The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.
O’ercome with
importunity
and tears. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Importunity
IMPORTU'NITY
,Noun.
Pressing solicitation; urgent request; application for a claim or favor,which is urged with troublesome frequency or pertinacity. Men are sometimes overcome by the importunity of their wives or children.
Definition 2024
importunity
importunity
English
Noun
importunity (plural importunities)
- (obsolete) Unseasonableness; an unsuitable or inappropriate time.
- A constant and insistent demanding.
Quotations
- 1602 : Hamlet by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 3 lines 28-29-30-31
- Then weigh what loss your honour may sustain
- If with too credent ear you list his songs
- Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open
- To his unmastered importunity.
- 1611 : The Bible (KJV), Luke 11:8
- I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield
- Still, however, being surrounded with importunity, and no longer able to satisfy every request that was made him, instead of money he gave promises.