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importunable

importunable adjective: heavy; insupportable.

Adjective

importunable (comparative more importunable, superlative most importunable)

  1. (obsolete) Heavy; insupportable.
    • [N]o ſooner vvere they left to ſtand vpon their ovvne baſis, but that they felt the vveight of their done vvrongs too importunable for them any longer to beare; […]1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Henrie the Eight of that Name, […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall...

Forms of importunable

comparativemore importunable
superlativemost importunable

Origin of importunable

From importune + -able?

Questions about importunable

What does importunable mean?
Importunable means heavy; insupportable.
What part of speech is importunable?
Importunable is an adjective.

Words near importunable in the dictionary

  1. importome
  2. importomer
  3. importomers
  4. importomes
  5. imports
  6. importunable
  7. importunacies
  8. importunacy
  9. importunance
  10. importunances
  11. importunate

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