Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Importunate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Importunate \Im*por"tu*nate\, a. [See {Importune}.]
1. Troublesomely urgent; unreasonably solicitous;
overpressing in request or demand; urgent; teasing; as, an
impotunate petitioner, curiosity. --Whewell.
2. Hard to be borne; unendurable. [R.] --Donne. --
{Im*por"tu*nate*ly}, adv. -- {Im*por"tu*nate*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
importunate
adj : expressing earnest entreaty; "the appealing and frightened
look worn by an injured dog"; "she holds out her hand
for money, importunate, insistent"; "a pleading note in
her voice" [syn: {appealing}, {imploring}, {pleading}]
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