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.

 

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