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importune
im·por·tune
[
ìmpər tn,
im páwrchən
]
transitive verb
(
past and past participle
im·por·tuned
,
present participle
im·por·tun·ing
,
3rd person present singular
im·por·tunes
)
Definition:
1.
bother somebody insistently:
to ask somebody continually, repeatedly, or forcefully for something, especially in a troublesome way
2.
make immoral request of somebody:
to ask somebody to have sexual relations in exchange for money
adjective
Definition:
importunate:
persistent or pressing
[
Mid-16th century. < French
importuner
or medieval Latin
importunari
< Latin
importunus
"inconvenient, unseasonable" <
Portunus
, god of harbors
]
im·por·tune·ly
[
ìmpər tnlee,
im páwrchənlee
]
adverb
im·por·tun·er
[
ìmpər tnər,
im páwrchənər
]
noun
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im·por·tune·ly [ ìmpər tnlee, im páwrchənlee ] adverbim·por·tun·er [ ìmpər tnər, im páwrchənər ] noun
