Pesterment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of pestering countable, uncountable

    "1729, Benjamin Franklin, "The Busy-Body" series, from The American Weekly Mercury the trouble and pesterment of children"

  2. 2
    An annoyance; something that pesters countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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pestvexationworry

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"1729, Benjamin Franklin, "The Busy-Body" series, from The American Weekly Mercury the trouble and pesterment of children"

Etymology

From pester + -ment.

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