Defn: The quality of being importunate; importunateness.
IMPORTUNATE
Im*por"tu*nate, a. Etym: [See Importune.]
1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous; overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an impotunate petitioner, curiosity. Whewell.
2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] Donne.
— Im*por"tu*nate*ly, adv.
— Im*por"tu*nate*ness, n.
IMPORTUNATOR
Im*por"tu*na`tor, n.
Defn: One who importunes; an importuner. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.
IMPORTUNE Im`por*tune", a. Etym: [F. importun, L. importunus; pref. im- not + a derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See Port harbor, and cf. Importunate.]
1. Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]
2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation. [Obs.] And their importune fates all satisfied. Spenser. Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual. Bacon.
IMPORTUNE
Im`por*tune", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Importuned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Importuning.] Etym: [From Importune, a.: cf. F. importuner.]