Importunable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Heavy; insupportable. obsolete

    "[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; […]"

Example

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"[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; […]"

Etymology

From importune + -able?

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