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importun (1363-64)

importun (1363-64)

 
  FEW:  importunus 4,599a Gdf: GdfC:  importun 9,788a TL: importun 4,1354 DEAF:  importun I131 DMF:  importun  TLF:  importun  OED:  importune adj. and n.  MED:  importune adj.  DMLBS:  importunus 1264b

a.

1importunate, persistently troublesome
( 1363-64 )  en eide et confort du pape qi moult sovent a estee trublez par tieles et semblables importuns clamors et impetracions  Stats i 385
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  Si avons a l’importune instance de l’avantdite D. [...] promis [...]  Lett & Pet 435.11
( 1402 )  Et monstra [...] coment pur importune et insaciable covetise et averice des communes, et auxint des autres grandz, la cité de Rome feust destrute  Rot Parl1 iii 485
2inappropriate
( 1410 )  jeues appellez coites, dys, gettre de peer, kayles, et autres tieux jeues importunes  Rot Parl1 iii 643

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See also:

importunité 
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