importune
pronunciation
How to pronounce importune in British English:
UK [ˌɪmpɔ:ˈtju:n]
How to pronounce importune in American English:
US [ˌɪmpɔrˈtun]
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- Verb:
- beg persistently and urgently
Word Origin
- importune (v.)
- 1520s, back-formation from importunity, or else from Middle French importuner, from Medieval Latin importunari "to make oneself troublesome," from Latin importunus "unfit, troublesome," originally "having no harbor" (i.e. "difficult to access"), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + portus "harbor" (see port (n.1)). Related: Importuned; importuning. As an adjective from early 15c.
Example
- 1. If you importune it , you will not have ha .
- 2. I importune you to help them .
- 3. Don 't importune me with your demands .
- 4. Do forehead wore " ignorant " word has come to box importune !
- 5. Doomed not to belong to my love , importune also useless .