importunacy

American  

[im-pawr-chuh-nuh-see] / ɪmˈpɔr tʃə nə si /

noun

1. the quality or condition of being importunate; importunateness.

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Etymology

Origin of importunacy

First recorded in 1540–50; importun(ate) + -acy

Example Sentences

She had demanded this lady’s dismissal from the court, and had been so violent that “the King had left her in displeasure, complaining of her importunacy and vexatiousness.”

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.

Her negation was so definite that they forbore futile importunacy.

From The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee by Duer, Douglas

The girl gave importunacy a little push which sent him staggering back to his seat.

From If I Were King by McCarthy, Justin

Please you, gentlemen, The time is unagreeable to this business: Your importunacy cease till after dinner, That I may make his lordship understand Wherefore you are not paid.

From Timon of Athens by Shakespeare, William

Say that she be; yet Valentine, thy friend, Survives, to whom, thyself art witness, I am betroth'd; and art thou not asham'd To wrong him with thy importunacy?

From Two Gentlemen of Verona by Shakespeare, William