Importune Definition
ĭmpôr-to͝on, -tyo͝on, ĭm-pôrchən
importuned, importunes, importuning
verb
importuned, importunes, importuning
To make urgent requests or demands.
Webster's New World
To ask for urgently; demand.
Webster's New World
To trouble with requests or demands; urge or entreat persistently or repeatedly.
Webster's New World
To trouble; annoy.
Webster's New World
To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
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adjective
Importunate.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
Francis Bacon.
Of all other affections it [envy] is the most importune and continual.
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Origin of Importune
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French importuner from Old French importun inopportune from Latin importūnus in- not in–1 portus port, refuge per-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importunari (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importunus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor"
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