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importune

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See also: importuné

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importūnor (to make oneself troublesome), from Latin importūnus (unfit, troublesome), originally "having no harbor".

Pronunciation

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Verb

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importune (third-person singular simple present importunes, present participle importuning, simple past and past participle importuned)

  1. To bother, irritate, trouble.
  2. To harass with persistent requests.
  3. To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
  4. (obsolete) To import; to signify.
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Adjective

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importune (comparative more importune, superlative most importune)

  1. (obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting.
  2. (obsolete) Inopportune; unseasonable.
  3. (obsolete) Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
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Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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importune

  1. inflection of importuner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

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Adjective

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importune f pl

  1. feminine plural of importuno

Anagrams

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Latin

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Adjective

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importūne

  1. vocative masculine singular of importūnus

References

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  • importune”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • importune”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • importune in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Verb

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importune

  1. inflection of importunar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Verb

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importune

  1. inflection of importunar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative