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Definition: IMPORTUNEE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Inopportune; unseasonable.[Websters]
2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation.[Websters]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb importuneely.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(importuneely)		 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective importunee.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Importunee" is a common misspelling or typo for: importuned, importune, importunes, importuner.

Date "Importunee" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Importunee \Im`por*tunee"\, adjective. [French expression importun, from Latin expression importunus; prefix im- not derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore originally meaning, hard of access. See Port harbor, and compare to Importunate.]. (references)

Definition: IMPORTUNEE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Inopportune; unseasonable.[Websters]
2. Troublesome; vexatious; persistent; urgent; hence, vexatious on account of untimely urgency or perinacious solicitation.[Websters]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb importuneely.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(importuneely)		1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective importunee.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "IMPORTUNEE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Importunee \Im`por*tunee"\, adjective. [French expression importun, from Latin expression importunus; prefix im- not derivative from the root of portus harbor, importunus therefore originally meaning, hard of access. See Port harbor, and compare to Importunate.]. (references)