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Insistent vs Importunity - What's the difference?

insistent | importunity |

As an adjective insistent

is (obsolete) standing or resting on something.

As a noun importunity is

(obsolete) unseasonableness; an unsuitable or inappropriate time.

insistent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Standing or resting on something.
  • Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
  • Extorting]] attention or notice; coercively [[stare, staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
  • (ornithology) Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.

    • Derived terms

    * insistently

    Related terms

    * insist * insistence

    References

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    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.