importunity
nounEtymology
From Middle English importunyte, importunytee, inportunyte, ymportunite, from Middle French importunité and its etymon Latin importūnitās (“incivility”). By surface analysis, importune + -ity.
- derived from importunité
- inherited from importunyte,importunytee,inportunyte,ymportunite
Definitions
A constant and insistent demanding.
- Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.
- I say vnto you, Though he will not rise, and giue him, because he is his friend: yet because of his importunitie, hee will rise and giue him as many as he needeth.
An inappropriate or unsuitable time
An inappropriate or unsuitable time; unseasonableness.
The neighborhood
- neighborimportune
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at importunity. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at importunity. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at importunity
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA