单词 | overpester |
释义 | overpesterv. Now rare. transitive. To pester excessively; †to crowd or encumber excessively (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > crowd > excessively overpesterc1593 overcrowd1602 c1593 in Coll. Malone Soc. (1908) I. ii. 205 Where any house is found over-pestered withe peopell, convenient order to be severely executed for redriesse thereof. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. viii. §3. 366 Hiram..allowed him Timber, with which Libanus was, and yet is ouer-pestered. 1650 J. Reynolds Flower of Fidelitie 50 The tediousnesse thereof doth overpester my senses in understanding it. 1674 J. Love Clavis Med. xxii. 55 Let no House be over-pestered with too many Lodgers. 2002 Re: How Long to Keep? in alt.marketing.online.ebay (Usenet newsgroup) 13 Oct. Avoid over-pestering buyers, especially about feedback. Derivatives ˌoverˈpestered adj. ΚΠ 1599 S. Daniel Musophilus in Wks. (1717) 388 No marvel then, tho' th' over-pester'd State Want Room for Goodness. 2000 Electronics Times (Nexis) 31 July 16 One senior sector executive opened a permanent account with Interflora to send ‘apology bouquets’ to the astonishing number of over-pestered housewives. ΚΠ 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xxi. 301/2 Their over pestering of small Rooms with many of them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1593 |
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