Associations to the word «Importunity»

Wiktionary

IMPORTUNITY, noun. (obsolete) Unseasonableness; an unsuitable or inappropriate time.
IMPORTUNITY, noun. A constant and insistent demanding.

Dictionary definition

IMPORTUNITY, noun. Insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats