importunity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun insistent solicitation and entreaty
    urging; urgency.
    • his importunity left me no alternative but to agree

WordNet

Im`por*tu"ni*ty noun
Etymology
L. importunitas unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunité.
Wordforms
plural Importunities
Definitions
  1. The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity.
    O'ercome with importunity and tears. Milton.

Webster 1913