Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

importunable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
im-por-tun-able
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Heavy; insupportable.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

  • "[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?

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more importunable (comparative) most importunable (superlative)

Questions

What does importunable mean?
Heavy; insupportable.
Where does importunable come from?
From importune + -able?

How to pronounce importunable

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