vexsome

comparative more vexsome · superlative most vexsome

1. datedVexatious, vexing, irritating.First known use 19th c.

   The poor wee lambs, wi' vexsome lays. Ran ithers foul.

   1852, John Fraser, “The Muses' Temple”, in Poetic Chimes, or, Leisure Lays:, 2nd edition, Paisley: Alex Gardner, page 136

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   “And their manner o' speech is most vexsome—a long, sing-song kind o' yaumering as if they had not sufficient manliness to say outright what they meant.”

   1880, William Black, “An Unspoken Appeal” (chapter XI), in White Wings, volume II, London: MacMillan and Co., pages 200-201

   […] "You vexsome child!" the woman said irritably. "Come back here!" Megan skipped out of reach again.

   2001 September 29, Diana Marcellas, Mother Ocean, Daughter Sea, Tom Doherty Associates, →ISBN, page 224