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pesterest

pesterest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of pester.

Meaning of pester

Verb

pester (third-person singular simple present pesters, present participle pestering, simple past and past participle pestered)

  1. (transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
    • He pestered me with questions.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete, transitive) To crowd together thickly.
    • That which eſpecialleſt nouriſht the moſt prime pleaſure in me, was after a ſtorme when they were driuen inſwarmes, and lay close peſtred together as thicke as they could packe; the next day following, if it were faire, they would cloud the whole skie with canuas, by ſpreading their drabled ſailes...1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, pages 5–6

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Origin of pesterest

pester + -est

Questions about pesterest

What is pesterest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pesterest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of pester.

Words near pesterest in the dictionary

  1. pester power
  2. pesterable
  3. pestered
  4. pesterer
  5. pesterers
  6. pesterest
  7. pestereth
  8. pesterin'
  9. pestering
  10. pesteringly
  11. pesterings

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