importunate

«importunate» in Mova's school dictionary: asking again and again, pushing for something so hard… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (more importunate, most importunate)

meaning for a pupil

1) Importunate means asking again and again, pushing for something so hard that other people grow tired of it. tree →

2) (old use) An importunate person will not take «no» for an answer. tree →

sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a suitor or pest who keeps asking until the princess is worn out; old use, said of a suitor who will not go away

examples

• The importunate suitor would not leave the palace. tree →
• The princess was tired of one more importunate suitor. tree →
• The little dog was importunate, begging at every table. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «importunate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.