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Importune

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Im′por‐tune″ (ĭm′pŏr‐tūn″), a. [F. importun, L. importunus; pref. im- not + a derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore orig. meaning, hard of access. See Port harbor, and cf. Importunate.] 1. Inopportune; unseasonable.

2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or pertinacious solicitation.

And their importune fates all satisfied. Spenser.

Of all other affections it is the most importune and continual. Bacon.