impor'tunity
World English Dictionary
importune (ɪmˈpɔːtjuːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to harass with persistent requests; demand of (someone) insistently |
| 2. | to beg for persistently; request with insistence |
| 3. | obsolete |
| a. to anger or annoy | |
| b. to force; impel | |
| [C16: from Latin importūnus tiresome, from im- | |
| im'portuner | |
| —n | |
| impor'tunity | |
| —n | |
| im'portunacy | |
| —n | |
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