peskyadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈpɛski/, U.S.

/ˈpɛski/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: pest n., pesty adj.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably an alteration of pest n., or perhaps an alteration of pesty adj. (although this is apparently first attested later).

colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. adj.

Confounded; annoying, disagreeable; abominable, hateful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation

stinking?c1225

misbegetc1325

banned1340

cursefula1382

wariablea1382

cursedc1386

biccheda1400

maledighta1400

vilea1400

accursedc1400

whoresona1450

remauldit?1473

execrable1490

infamous1490

unbicheda1500

jolly1534

bloodyc1540

mangy?1548

pagan1550

damned1563

misbegotten1571

putid1580

desperate1581

excremental1591

inexecrable?1594

sacred1594

putrid1628

sad1664

blasted1682

plagued1728

damnation1757

infernal1764

damn1775

pesky1775

deuced1782

shocking1798

blessed1806

darned1815

dinged1821

anointed1823

goldarn1830

darn1835

cussed1837

blamed1840

unholy1842

verdomde1850

bleeding1858

ghastly1860

goddam1861

blankety1872

blame1876

bastard1877

God-awful1877

dashed1881

sodding1881

bally1885

ungodly1887

blazing1888

dee1889

motherfucking1890

blistering1900

plurry1900

Christly1910

blinking1914

blethering1915

blighted1915

blighting1916

soddish1922

somethinged1922

effing1929

Jesus1929

dagnab1934

bastarding1944

Christless1947

mother-loving1948

mothering1951

pussyclaat1957

mother-grabbing1959

pigging1970

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious

angeeOE

swinkfuleOE

plightlyOE

teenfulOE

contrariousc1320

drefa1325

troublinga1325

despitousa1340

thornya1340

discomfortablec1350

troublablec1374

noyousa1382

noyfulc1384

diseasy1387

angrya1393

painful1395

hackinga1400

annoying?c1400

annoyousc1400

cumbrousc1400

teenc1400

annoyfulc1405

sputousc1420

diseasefula1425

molest?a1425

noying?a1425

noisomea1450

grievingc1450

tedious?1454

troublous1463

noisantc1475

displeasant1481

strouble1488

nuisant1494

noyanta1500

irksome1513

sturting1513

molestious1524

vexatious1534

cumbersome1535

uncommodious1541

spiteful1548

vexing?1548

incommodious1551

molestous1555

diseasing1558

grating1563

pestilent1565

sturtsome1570

molestuousa1572

troublesome1573

murrain1575

discommodable1579

galling1583

spiny1586

unsupportable1586

troubleful1588

plaguey1594

distressingc1595

molestful1596

molesting1598

vexful1598

fretful1603

briery1604

bemadding1608

mortifying1611

tiry1611

distressfula1616

irking1629

angersome1649

disobliging1652

discomforting1654

incomfortable1655

incommode1672

ruffling1680

unconvenient1683

pestifying1716

trying1718

offending1726

bothering1765

pesky1775

weary1785

sturty1788

unaccommodating1790

tiresome1798

werriting1808

bothersome1817

plaguesome1828

pestilential1833

fretsome1834

languorous1834

pesty1834

pestersome1843

nettlesome1845

miserable1850

niggling1854

distempering1855

be-maddeninga1861

nattery1873

nagging1883

pestiferous1890

trouble-giving1893

maddening1896

molestive1905

nuisancy1906

balls-aching?1912

nuisance1922

nattering1949

noodgy1969

dickheaded1991

dickish1991

cockish1996

1775 S. Deane in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1870) II. 224 What reply, think ye, these heroes of five companies of the invincible Royal Irish, gave to this pesky Yankey?

1830 Massachusetts Spy 13 Oct. 4/1 I'm plagu'd most to death with these ere pesky sore eyes.

1885 G. Allen Babylon I. i. 17 A heavy hand lifted angrily to cuff him about the head for his pesky idleness.

1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xxiii. 193 Sometimes I wish he would take over this pesky garden and let me manage the restaurant.

1974 Sunday Express 30 June 6/4 The pesky thing didn't come anywhere near to working.

2001 D. Mitchell Number 9 Dream 57 I couldn't sleep. A pesky mosquito woke me up.

B. adv. = peskily adv.

Now regional (chiefly Scottish and North American).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adverb] > as everyday imprecation

wickedlya1375

terrible1490

cursedly1570

plaguilya1586

damnably1598

cursefully1606

damnedly1607

lousily1611

damnablea1616

execrably1633

excrementitiously1638

infernally1638

mangilya1640

putidly1654

infamously1695

consumedly1707

damned1757

damnationly1762

shockingly1768

damn1787

deucedly1819

peskily1833

pesky1833

beastly1853

dashedly1888

stinkingly1906

rasted1919

effing1945

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner

noyfully1395

annoyously?c1400

noyously1483

troublously1538

uncommodiously1545

wretchedly1546

irksomely1549

incommodiously1551

troublesomely1591

vexingly1599

cumbersomely1611

vexatiously1642

discomfortably1653

importunely1658

gratingly1683

mortifyingly1748

distressingly1786

gallingly1802

annoyingly1806

peskily1833

pesky1833

tryingly1841

discomfortingly1869

balls-achingly1972

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad

sorea1300

grievously1340

terrible1490

beastly?1518

shrewdlyc1533

arrantly?1548

murrainly?1548

abominablea1550

pestilence1567

pestilently1567

cursedly1570

pestiferously1570

murrain1575

plaguey1584

plaguilya1586

grievous1598

scandalously1602

horridly1603

terribly1604

monstrously1611

hellish1614

dreadfullya1616

horrid1615

pestilenta1616

infernally1638

preposterously1661

woeful1684

confoundedly1694

confounded1709

glaringly1709

cursed1719

flagrantly1756

weary1790

disgustingly1804

filthy1827

blamed1833

peskily1833

pesky1833

blame1843

blasted1854

wickedly1858

blatantly1878

shamelessly1885

disgracefully1893

ruddy1913

bastarda1935

pissing1951

sodding1954

pissingly1971

1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing lvi. 193 They called each other some pesky hard names.

1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. ii. 64 Don't be so pesky starch.

1901 Harper's Mag. Dec. 228 Pesky few Democrats ever I see.

1939 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside xxii. 153 O' course I don't believe in fairies... I've heard they were pesky mischievous.

1995 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 26 Nov. 1 g The partridges fly much faster than the pheasants, making it ‘pesky hard’ to shoot both, explained Major Ramsay.

Derivatives

ˈpeskiness n. irksomeness, disagreeableness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoying or vexatious quality

uneasiness1387

noyfulnessa1398

troublousness1530

irksomeness1533

troublesomeness1548

molestiousness1559

sturtsomenessa1586

incommodiousnessa1631

gallingness1647

vexatiousness1650

annoyingness1864

jarringness1865

peskiness1869

tryingness1897

bastardism1993

1869 Decatur (Illinois) Republican 29 Apr. 8/3 Those who retire from the world on account of its sins and peskiness.

1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. i. 30/4 If they do catch one [sc. a cold], it is likely to feel more like the peskiness of a fly than the crush of an elephant.

1991 Redbook Aug. 23/3 This is the main cause of the child's peskiness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pesky
释义	peskyadj.adv. Brit. /ˈpɛski/, U.S. /ˈpɛski/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: pest n., pesty adj. Etymology: Origin uncertain; probably an alteration of pest n., or perhaps an alteration of pesty adj. (although this is apparently first attested later). colloquial (originally U.S.). A. adj. Confounded; annoying, disagreeable; abominable, hateful. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > as everyday imprecation stinking?c1225 misbegetc1325 banned1340 cursefula1382 wariablea1382 cursedc1386 biccheda1400 maledighta1400 vilea1400 accursedc1400 whoresona1450 remauldit?1473 execrable1490 infamous1490 unbicheda1500 jolly1534 bloodyc1540 mangy?1548 pagan1550 damned1563 misbegotten1571 putid1580 desperate1581 excremental1591 inexecrable?1594 sacred1594 putrid1628 sad1664 blasted1682 plagued1728 damnation1757 infernal1764 damn1775 pesky1775 deuced1782 shocking1798 blessed1806 darned1815 dinged1821 anointed1823 goldarn1830 darn1835 cussed1837 blamed1840 unholy1842 verdomde1850 bleeding1858 ghastly1860 goddam1861 blankety1872 blame1876 bastard1877 God-awful1877 dashed1881 sodding1881 bally1885 ungodly1887 blazing1888 dee1889 motherfucking1890 blistering1900 plurry1900 Christly1910 blinking1914 blethering1915 blighted1915 blighting1916 soddish1922 somethinged1922 effing1929 Jesus1929 dagnab1934 bastarding1944 Christless1947 mother-loving1948 mothering1951 pussyclaat1957 mother-grabbing1959 pigging1970 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious angeeOE swinkfuleOE plightlyOE teenfulOE contrariousc1320 drefa1325 troublinga1325 despitousa1340 thornya1340 discomfortablec1350 troublablec1374 noyousa1382 noyfulc1384 diseasy1387 angrya1393 painful1395 hackinga1400 annoying?c1400 annoyousc1400 cumbrousc1400 teenc1400 annoyfulc1405 sputousc1420 diseasefula1425 molest?a1425 noying?a1425 noisomea1450 grievingc1450 tedious?1454 troublous1463 noisantc1475 displeasant1481 strouble1488 nuisant1494 noyanta1500 irksome1513 sturting1513 molestious1524 vexatious1534 cumbersome1535 uncommodious1541 spiteful1548 vexing?1548 incommodious1551 molestous1555 diseasing1558 grating1563 pestilent1565 sturtsome1570 molestuousa1572 troublesome1573 murrain1575 discommodable1579 galling1583 spiny1586 unsupportable1586 troubleful1588 plaguey1594 distressingc1595 molestful1596 molesting1598 vexful1598 fretful1603 briery1604 bemadding1608 mortifying1611 tiry1611 distressfula1616 irking1629 angersome1649 disobliging1652 discomforting1654 incomfortable1655 incommode1672 ruffling1680 unconvenient1683 pestifying1716 trying1718 offending1726 bothering1765 pesky1775 weary1785 sturty1788 unaccommodating1790 tiresome1798 werriting1808 bothersome1817 plaguesome1828 pestilential1833 fretsome1834 languorous1834 pesty1834 pestersome1843 nettlesome1845 miserable1850 niggling1854 distempering1855 be-maddeninga1861 nattery1873 nagging1883 pestiferous1890 trouble-giving1893 maddening1896 molestive1905 nuisancy1906 balls-aching?1912 nuisance1922 nattering1949 noodgy1969 dickheaded1991 dickish1991 cockish1996 1775 S. Deane in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1870) II. 224 What reply, think ye, these heroes of five companies of the invincible Royal Irish, gave to this pesky Yankey? 1830 Massachusetts Spy 13 Oct. 4/1 I'm plagu'd most to death with these ere pesky sore eyes. 1885 G. Allen Babylon I. i. 17 A heavy hand lifted angrily to cuff him about the head for his pesky idleness. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xxiii. 193 Sometimes I wish he would take over this pesky garden and let me manage the restaurant. 1974 Sunday Express 30 June 6/4 The pesky thing didn't come anywhere near to working. 2001 D. Mitchell Number 9 Dream 57 I couldn't sleep. A pesky mosquito woke me up. B. adv. = peskily adv. Now regional (chiefly Scottish and North American). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adverb] > as everyday imprecation wickedlya1375 terrible1490 cursedly1570 plaguilya1586 damnably1598 cursefully1606 damnedly1607 lousily1611 damnablea1616 execrably1633 excrementitiously1638 infernally1638 mangilya1640 putidly1654 infamously1695 consumedly1707 damned1757 damnationly1762 shockingly1768 damn1787 deucedly1819 peskily1833 pesky1833 beastly1853 dashedly1888 stinkingly1906 rasted1919 effing1945 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adverb] > in annoying or vexatious manner noyfully1395 annoyously?c1400 noyously1483 troublously1538 uncommodiously1545 wretchedly1546 irksomely1549 incommodiously1551 troublesomely1591 vexingly1599 cumbersomely1611 vexatiously1642 discomfortably1653 importunely1658 gratingly1683 mortifyingly1748 distressingly1786 gallingly1802 annoyingly1806 peskily1833 pesky1833 tryingly1841 discomfortingly1869 balls-achingly1972 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad sorea1300 grievously1340 terrible1490 beastly?1518 shrewdlyc1533 arrantly?1548 murrainly?1548 abominablea1550 pestilence1567 pestilently1567 cursedly1570 pestiferously1570 murrain1575 plaguey1584 plaguilya1586 grievous1598 scandalously1602 horridly1603 terribly1604 monstrously1611 hellish1614 dreadfullya1616 horrid1615 pestilenta1616 infernally1638 preposterously1661 woeful1684 confoundedly1694 confounded1709 glaringly1709 cursed1719 flagrantly1756 weary1790 disgustingly1804 filthy1827 blamed1833 peskily1833 pesky1833 blame1843 blasted1854 wickedly1858 blatantly1878 shamelessly1885 disgracefully1893 ruddy1913 bastarda1935 pissing1951 sodding1954 pissingly1971 1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing lvi. 193 They called each other some pesky hard names. 1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. ii. 64 Don't be so pesky starch. 1901 Harper's Mag. Dec. 228 Pesky few Democrats ever I see. 1939 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside xxii. 153 O' course I don't believe in fairies... I've heard they were pesky mischievous. 1995 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 26 Nov. 1 g The partridges fly much faster than the pheasants, making it ‘pesky hard’ to shoot both, explained Major Ramsay. Derivatives ˈpeskiness n. irksomeness, disagreeableness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoying or vexatious quality uneasiness1387 noyfulnessa1398 troublousness1530 irksomeness1533 troublesomeness1548 molestiousness1559 sturtsomenessa1586 incommodiousnessa1631 gallingness1647 vexatiousness1650 annoyingness1864 jarringness1865 peskiness1869 tryingness1897 bastardism1993 1869 Decatur (Illinois) Republican 29 Apr. 8/3 Those who retire from the world on account of its sins and peskiness. 1967 Boston Sunday Herald 26 Mar. i. 30/4 If they do catch one [sc. a cold], it is likely to feel more like the peskiness of a fly than the crush of an elephant. 1991 Redbook Aug. 23/3 This is the main cause of the child's peskiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1775
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