释义 |
vexer|ˈvɛksə(r)| Also 6 vexar, -or. [f. vex v.] One who or that which vexes or annoys.
1530Palsgr. 284/2 Vexar, a grevar, turbateur. 1552Huloet, Vexor, animaduersor. c1586C'tess Pembroke Psalms lxxxix. viii, I will quaile his vexers in his sight. 1608Topsell Serpents 93 Hornets..are great vexers and troublers. 1620Rowlands Night Raven 34 Pray speake, had you this vexer and abuser, And were thus plagu'd as I, how would you vse her? 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 235 He was..a vexer of two Parishes with continual suits of Law. a1716Bp. O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. 45 They can't be blessed because they are their own Vexers and Tormentors. 1788Burke Impeachm. W. Hastings Wks. XIII. 59 The disgracers of government, the vexers and afflicters of mankind. |