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Importunity vs Importunate - What's the difference?

importunity | importunate |

As a noun importunity

is (obsolete) unseasonableness; an unsuitable or inappropriate time.

As a adjective importunate is

of a demand: persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.

As a verb importunate is

(rare) to importune, or to obtain by importunity.

importunity

English

Noun

(importunities)
  • (obsolete) Unseasonableness; an unsuitable or inappropriate time.
  • A constant and insistent demanding.

    • Quotations

    * 1602 : , 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 : , 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, *: Still, however, being surrounded with importunity , and no longer able to satisfy every request that was made him, instead of money he gave promises.

    importunate

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a demand: persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.
  • Of a person: given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.
    • Related terms
    * importune

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (importunat)
  • (rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity.
  • * 1581 June 23, Thomas Churchyard, letter to Sir Christopher Hatton, in Sir Harris Nicolas (editor), Memoirs of the Life and Times of Sir Christopher Hatton, K.G. , Richard Bentley (publisher, 1847), page 173:
    • All which notwithstanding, I obtained licence at length to make my supplication to the noble Parliament house; but I could find no messengers till Sir John Seton went, whom I importunated daily to obtain me favor for my return home again.
  • * 1847 December 18, N. Roussel, “Spiritual Destitution of Paris.—Appeal to British Christians”, in Evangelical Christendom: Its State and Prospects , Volume II (1848), Partridge and Oakey, page 43:
    • Is my work ended? The fear of importunating my friends answers, “Yes.”
  • * 1910 July, David Leslie Brown, “The Need of To-day”, in , Volume 25, Southern Pacific Company, reverse of frontispiece:
    • It is the concrete that impresses, that importunates until it influences—in writing as in everything else.

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