pesterous

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adjective

Inclined to pester; vexatious; burdensome.

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Meanings

adjectivepesterous (comparative more pesterous, superlative most pesterous)

comparative more pesterous · superlative most pesterous

  1. obsoleteInclined 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, →OCLC

Origin

From pester + -ous.

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pesterous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pesterous

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pesterous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pesterous.

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