importunate

== English == === Etymology 1 === First attested in 1477, in Middle english; from Latin importūnus +‎ -ate (adjective-forming suffix), modelled on Middle French importuné. By surface analysis, importune +‎ -ate. The noun was substantivized from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnət/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔɹt͡ʃənət/ ==== Adjective ==== importunate (comparative more importunate, superlative most importunate) (of a demand) Persistent or pressing, often annoyingly so. (of a person) Given to importunate demands, greedily or thoughtlessly demanding. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== importune ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== importunate (plural importunates) An importuner. === Etymology 2 === First attested in 1574; adapted borrowing of French importuner (“to bother, disturb”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔːtjuːneɪt/ (US) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɔɹtjuːneɪt/ ==== Verb ==== importunate (third-person singular simple present importunates, present participle importunating, simple past and past participle importunated) (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 Sunset, 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. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === permutation, premutation == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== importunate inflection of importunare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== importunate f pl feminine plural of importunato == Spanish == === Verb === importunate second-person singular voseo imperative of importunar combined with te