ımportune

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Definition of ımportune in English English dictionary

{v} to tease with solicitations

{a} troublesome, urgent, unseasonable

Hyphenation

im·por·tune

Synonyms

appeal, ask, badger, beg, beseech, beset, besiege, con, crave, dun, egg on, entreat, goose, harass, hound

Etymology

[ "im-p&r-'tün, -'ty&uu ] (adjective.) 15th century. From Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importunari (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importunus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor"