importune
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See also importuné
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importunari (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importunus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor"
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[edit] Verb
importune (third-person singular simple present importunes, present participle importuning, simple past and past participle importuned)
- To harass with persistent requests.
- To approach to offer one's services as a prostitute, or otherwise make improper proposals.
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to harass with persistent requests
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to make improper proposals
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[edit] Adjective
importune (comparative more importune, superlative most importune)
- (obsolete) Grievous, severe, exacting.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
- And therewithall he fiercely at him flew, / And with importune outrage him assayld [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vi:
[edit] French
[edit] Verb
importune
- first-person singular present indicative of importuner
- third-person singular present indicative of importuner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of importuner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of importuner
- second-person singular imperative of importuner
[edit] Italian
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importune pl.
- feminine form of importuno
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[edit] Adjective
importūne
- vocative masculine singular of importūnus
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
importune (infinitive importunar)
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of importunar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of importunar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of importunar.
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