importunacy
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of importunacy
First recorded in 1540–50; importun(ate) + -acy
Example Sentences
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Say that she be; yet Valentine thy friend 105 Survives; to whom, thyself art witness, I am betroth’d: and art thou not ashamed To wrong him with thy importunacy?
From Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George
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
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.
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
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