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# importunate

adjective (more importunate, most importunate)

«importunate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Importunate means asking again and again, pushing for something so hard that other people grow tired of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunate/#m1)
2. (old use) An importunate person will not take «no» for an answer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunate/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunate/#x1)
- The princess was tired of one more importunate suitor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunate/#x2)
- The little dog was importunate, begging at every table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunate/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means excessive or too many, showing that an enemy's kisses are too much to be trusted.

**Interpretation.** Proverbs teaches that a true friend's honest rebuke is better than a false friend's flattery.

### Examples

- Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are importunate. (Writings PRO.27.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/importunate/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «importunate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/importunate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«importunate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/importunate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «importunate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/importunate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«importunate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/importunate.html) on Mova free.