importunate
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Is importunate a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of importunate?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so.Examples: "Nick was on the point of declaring again that he was a humbug, so vivid was his inner sense of what he thought of his factitious public utterances, which had the cursed property of creating dreadful responsibilities and importunate credulities for him."; "Trembling in every limb I raise my loud importunate cry, And in a sacred terror wait the Delian god’s reply."
2. (of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding.
verb (English)
1. (rare) To importune, or to obtain by importunity.Examples: "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."; "Is my work ended? The fear of importunating my friends answers, “Yes.”"; "It is the concrete that impresses, that importunates until it influences—in writing as in everything else."rare
Definition source: Wiktionary