importunous
/ˌɪmpəˈtjuːnəs/ /ˌɪmpɔːˈtjuːnəs/ /ˌɪmpəˈtʃuːnəs/rare (archaic in later use)
adjective
Troublesome, burdensome; importunate.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Bartholomew Yong (bap. 1560, d. 1612), translator. From classical Latin importūnus importune + -ous.
- stipulate
- stipulation
- stipulator
- stipulatory
- stipule
- stir
- stirabout
- stir-crazy
- stir-fry
- stirk
- Stirling
- Stirling engine
- Stirling, James
- Stirling, Robert
- Stirling, Sir James Fraser
- stir one's stumps
- stirrer
- stirring
- stirringly
- stirrup
- stirrup bone
- stirrup cup
- stirrup iron
- stirrup leather
- stirrup pants