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单词 importunacy
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importunacyn.

Brit. /ɪmˈpɔːtjᵿnəsi/, /ɪmˈpɔːtʃᵿnəsi/, /ɪmˈpɔːtʃn̩əsi/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɔrtʃ(ə)nəsi/
Forms: 1500s importunacye, 1500s–1600s importunacie, 1600s– importunacy.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: importunate adj., -acy suffix.
Etymology: < importunate adj.: see -acy suffix. Compare earlier importunity n.It is unclear whether the following shows an earlier instance of this word (which may be suggested by the context, which mentions irritating or inappropriate requests by the Scottish ambassadors), or a transmission error for importancy n.:1534 J. Rokewood Let. 6 Apr. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/7/14) f. 14 Of any news of thambassadours Scotlond ther be as yit none of them that may be knowyn, how be hyt it is supposed that ther maters be of so great Importynacy, that they wyll rather take none effecte, then otherwise.
= importunity n. 1.
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the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency
instancec1340
importunityc1425
instancy1515
importunateness?1526
importunacy1548
importancea1555
importancy1576
opportunitya1586
urgencec1592
urgency1611
clamorousnessa1617
pressingness1661
precariousness1666
supplicancy1728
beseechingness1863
imploringness1863
pleadingness1866
demandingness1930
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark vi. f. xlvii He gate him not out of the waye, nor commaunded them to departe for their importunacie [L. nec abegit importunos].
1605 B. Jonson Sejanus sig. G4 The confluence Of suitors, then their importunacies . View more context for this quotation
a1639 D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 228 Overcome with the importunacy of their reasons, we did yield to take some further consideration.
1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 187 He, who made least to do, has often succeeded, when a rash, busie, importunacy has made an enemy of a friend.
1791 Mental Avidity ii. 13 She was wooed by thirty Suitors; yet resolving to preserve her Chastity immaculate, they renewed their Suits with increased Importunacy.
1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians I. x. 315 A few..subsist on alms; which they often demand with great importunacy.
1893 J. Pulsford Loyalty to Christ II. 243 She is lauded by Jesus: her importunacy is triumphant.
1918 Fortn. Rev. 2 Dec. 897 There is..no such importunacy as that of a faithful party man who, disappointed of an Under-Secretaryship, demands a Baronetcy in compensation.
1999 Times 11 Sept. (Weekend section) 2/1 Soho, Covent Garden and Charing Cross are plagued by these guys [sc. taxi drivers] whose importunacy is a threatening irritant.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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