importune.
To bother, irritate, trouble.
Meaning & usage
To bother, irritate, trouble.
To harass with persistent requests.
To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
To import; to signify.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French importuner and its etymon Medieval Latin importūnor (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importūnus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor".
Grievous, severe, exacting.
Inopportune; unseasonable.
Troublesome; vexatious; persistent.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English importune, inportune, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French importun and its etymon Classical Latin importūnus.
Synonym of importuner.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English importune, inportune, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French importun and its etymon Classical Latin importūnus.
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