importunate
adjective/ɪmˈpɔːtʃənət/
/ɪmˈpɔːrtʃənət/
(formal)- asking for things many times in a way that is annoying
- importunate demands/pleas
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from Latin importunus ‘inconvenient, unseasonable’, based on Portunus, the name of the god who protected harbours (from portus ‘harbour’); compare with opportune.Definitions on the go
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