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   importunate

   /ɪmˈpɔːtjʊnət/

   adjective

   • 1. persistent, especially to the point of annoyance: "importunate creditors"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Latin importunus ‘inconvenient, unseasonable’, based on Portunus, the name of the god who protected harbours (from portus ‘harbour’); compare with opportune.

   Derivatives

   • 1. importunately adverb

   Scrabble Points: 15

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