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importunity

N การ รบเร้า (คำ ทางการ การ เรียกร้อง ไม่ หยุด การเซ้าซี้ persistence petition request kab-rob-rao

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPORTUNITY

n.[L. importunitas.] Pressing solicitation; urgent request; application for a claim or favor, which is urged with troublesome frequency or pertinacity. Men are sometimes overcome by the importunity of their wives or children.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPORTUNITY

Im `por *tu "ni *ty, n.; pl. Importunities. Etym: [L. importunitas unsuitableness, rudeness: cf. F. importunité.]

Defn: The quality of being importunate; pressing or pertinacious solicitation; urgent request; incessant or frequent application; troublesome pertinacity. O'ercome with importunity and tears. Milton.