importune

Definition

To bother, irritate, trouble.

Etymology

From Middle French importuner and its etymon Medieval Latin importūnor (“to make oneself troublesome”), from Latin importūnus (“unfit, troublesome”), originally "having no harbor".

Example Sentences

• "To deliberate, be it but in slight matters, doth importune me."
• "But I will no longer importune my young cousin."
• "Gentlemen, importune me no farther, / For hovv I firmly am reſolu'd you knovv: / That is, not to beſtovv my yongeſt daughter, / Before I haue a husband for the elder: […]"