Pester

//ˈpɛstɚ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bother or nuisance.

    "By now I presumed I had become a real pester."

Verb
  1. 1
    To bother, harass, or annoy persistently. transitive

    "He pestered me with questions."

  2. 2
    annoy persistently wordnet
  3. 3
    To crowd together thickly. intransitive, obsolete, transitive

    "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 in the full clue abroad a drying, and make a brauer ſhew with them, then ſo many banners and ſtreamers diſplayed againſt the Sunne on a mountaine top."

Etymology

Etymology 1

In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).

Etymology 2

In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).

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