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pesterous

pesterous adjective: inclined to pester; vexatious; burdensome.

Adjective

pesterous (comparative more pesterous, superlative most pesterous)

  1. (obsolete) Inclined to pester; vexatious; burdensome.
    • […] the dislike the Parliament had of gaoling of them, as that which was chargeable, pesterous, and of no open example.1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret...

Forms of pesterous

comparativemore pesterous
superlativemost pesterous

Origin of pesterous

From pester + -ous.

Questions about pesterous

What does pesterous mean?
Pesterous means inclined to pester; vexatious; burdensome.
What part of speech is pesterous?
Pesterous is an adjective.

Words near pesterous in the dictionary

  1. pestering
  2. pesteringly
  3. pesterings
  4. pesterment
  5. pesterments
  6. pesterous
  7. pesters
  8. pestersome
  9. pestery
  10. pestfree
  11. pestful

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