单词 | pester |
释义 | pestern.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > encumberment > that which or one who encumberc1330 cumberc1425 cumbererc1450 encumbrance1535 encumbry1546 pesterance1548 burdener1552 pester1569 cloyance1593 encumberment1600 impedimenta1600 pesterer1611 baggage1612 luggage1614 cumbrance1645 embarrassment1676 downdraughta1681 hamperera1837 cumberment1840 cloyer1842 1569 E. Elviden Closet of Counsells 83 How much the more is simple sort opprest with further woes, When thraldomes pester and his yoke is bent so much to those. 1589 J. Jane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 789 A very fayre entrance or passage,..altogether voyde of any pester of yce. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. ii. §8. 418 Being without carriage, pester, or other impediment. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoyance or vexation teenOE dretchinga1050 taryingnessa1300 annoyc1300 dretch?13.. noyc1330 unquertc1390 noyinga1398 nuisancec1400 unsoundc1400 noisance1421 annuisancec1440 discumbrancea1500 noymentc1503 cumber?a1513 molesting1523 tary1528 irk1570 pester1581 incommodation1664 fasha1796 all-overs1893 buggeration1962 wind-up1984 1581 J. Field Let. 25 Nov. in R. Brinkley Nathan Field (1928) App. 149 Or Cyttie hath bine well eased of the pester of those wickednesses & abuses, that were wonte to be nourished by those impure enterludes & playes. 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 98 To the great pesture and disturbance of that people. 1709 J. Spelman Life Ælfred the Great ii. 117 The Licentiousness and Unruliness of Servants..gives Trouble to all the Justices in the Kingdom to regulate; the Pester and Annoyance of the Kingdom. b. Chiefly regional. As a count noun: a person who or thing which is troublesome or annoying; a nuisance; a pest. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > one who or that which harasses pursuera1382 running sore1453 pesta1522 gall1537 grater1549 plaguer1598 afflicter1600 inflicter1605 a thorn in the flesh or side1611 incubus1648 cumber1669 harasser1707 scunner1796 tin kettle1796 pester1810 pesterer1824 baitera1845 pestilence1886 nudnik1916 1810 M. van H. Dwight Jrnl. 21 Nov. in Journey to Ohio (1912) 54 As for the Dr, he is ‘nothing but a pester’—Susan & I took a great deal of pains to go either before or behind to get rid of his company. 1829 in L. Murray New Oxf. Bk. Austral Verse (1991) 9 You..call for cool jellies and buns—But hotter and hotter it waxes,—The jelly to liquid soon runs;—His dainties are only a pester. 1873 J. G. Holland Arthur Bonnicastle xii. 205 As likely as any way he was a plague and a pester. 1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Pester, trouble. ‘I've had sich a pester to hot yŏ the waiter.’ 2000 Pink (Coventry) (Nexis) 23 Sept. 20 Festa was a pester to City as he netted the opening goal with a firm header. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pesterv.1ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > encumber accumberc1275 encumberc1386 accloy1422 overlay1441 cumber1493 poister1523 pester1533 overgrowa1550 clog1564 cloy1564 aggravate1573 trasha1616 hamper1775 mither1847 lumber1861 1533 J. Russell Let. 29 Aug. (P.R.O. SP 3/7 No. 36) You ar dayly peisteryd wt busynes. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) iii. xi. 25/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I The Romane soldiers were..pestered with their heauie armour and weapons. 1608 J. Smith True Relation Occurr. Virginia 28 The Indians seeing me pestred in the O[o]se, called to me. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Persian Wars i. 29 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian Seing him pestred in a narrow passage. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads xvi. 328 Cleobulus then pester'd in the throng By little Ajax taken was alive. 1819 R. Anderson et al. Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 159 I's pestert wid an ill-gien weyfe. 1857 J. Stewart Sketches 62 Your door the steadiest foot wad pester, Here heaps of filth, there dubs o' mester. 1870 B. Harte Luck of Roaring Camp & Other Sketches 185 Well Joe, ef your boots are new, and you are n't pestered with wimmin and children, p'r'aps you'll go. 2. a. transitive. To fill up or obstruct (a place or thoroughfare), esp. by crowding; to overcrowd; to clog up; to overload (a ship). Also in extended use. Now regional or historical. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up (space or a place) [verb (transitive)] > fill > to obstruction cumberc1394 encumberc1400 cloy1548 pester1548 accumberc1571 clog1586 to take up1587 lumber1642 over-clog1660 crowd1741 jama1865 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. ciijv Whether also fled so many Englishemen, that the place was pestured, and..thei wer..likely to be famished. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 44 Some pester the commons, with iades & with geese. 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) iv. xiii. 544 It is not my meaning to pester this Booke with Precedents. 1615 W. Baffin Jrnl. 13 July in T. Rundall Narr. Voy. towards North-West (1849) 125 We sawe the land trendinge from the cape..very thick pestred with ice, and..resolued heare could be no passadge. a1661 J. Glanville Voy. Cadiz (1883) 10 That noe parte of the Harbor might bee over pestred. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 220 I shall not pester my Account..with Descriptions of Places. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. x. 246 Her hands..are as few as is consistent with the safety of the ship, that she may be less pestered by the stowage of provisions. 1798 T. Jones Memoirs (1951) 96 A Rabble of blackguard boys..pestered the Staircase. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Cape Cod in Prose Wks. (1985) 1020 We had pestered our ship so with codfish, that we threw numbers of them overboard again. 1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Add. 629 Pestered, overloaded; a sailor's term. ‘He'd gotten deäls stowed all oher decks an' hetches while th' keel was fair pestered wi' 'em.’ 1934 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ & ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Sc. Scene 275 It's fair pestered with the dirt. 1941 A. Harbage Shakespeare's Audience ii. 19 The churches stood empty, while the theatres were ‘pestered’. 1993 P. Ackroyd House of Dr. Dee 22 The quickest path is by way of..Old Street, which thoroughfare is now pestered with cobblers' benches and cooks' stalls. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] > forcibly > cram or stuff in crama1400 wedge1513 enfarce1564 pester1570 farce1579 stuff1579 ram1582 impact1601 thrum1603 to cramp in1605 crowd1609 impack1611 screw1635 infarciate1657 stodge1674 choke1747 bodkin1793 jam1793 bodkinize1833 pump1899 shoehorn1927 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > crowd together > in a disorderly manner hoderc1330 clotter1537 pester1570 huddle1579 huddle1600 clutterc1610 lumber1678 1570 B. Googe tr. T. Kirchmeyer Spirituall Husbandry i, in tr. Popish Kingdome f. 74 Through your disswasion good, I might receyue this gaine alone That now am pestred with the prease. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 15 They..whom Anthony admitted, were expelled agayn, pestred in Gallies and sent into Hellespont by Marcus Aurelius. 1586 in J. Morris Troubles Catholic Forefathers (1875) (modernized text) 2nd ser. 76 As many pestered into every chamber as it will receive, by reason of which throng and straitness oftentimes infectious sicknesses do reign amongst vs. a1595 R. Southwell Humble Supplication (1600) 51 So many other base and reuiling words,..are pestered together in this Proclamation. 1637 J. Milton Comus 1 Men..Confin'd, and pester'd in this pin-fold [i.e. the Earth] here. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Coronation Solyman 154 in Trav. Persia With several great Trees pester'd one within another. c. intransitive. Of a person: to crowd, press, jostle. rare (English regional in later use). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > crowd together thickc1000 pressa1350 empressc1400 shock1548 serry1581 pester1610 serr1683 thicken1726 crush1755 scrouge1798 pack1828 to close up1835 to be packed (in) like sardines1911 scrum1913 1610 E. Skory Extract Hist. Henry IV 15 This villaine..to that purpose pestered somewhat neere his Person. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) 211 Pester, to..inconvenience by crowding and squeezing... ‘Doon't ye pester soo’ is a common exclamation in a crush. 3. transitive. Of a rat, insect, or other pest: to infest (a place or thing); to plague. North American in later use.In quot. 1563 figurative: cf. sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack (of animal) > infest (of insects, vermin, etc.) pester1563 1563 Burnynge Paules Church sig. p.i Howe was this Realme pesterd with straunge rulers, straunge Gods..and howe is it now peaceablye ridde of theym all. 1592 T. Kyd Spanish Trag. iv. sig. K2 The earth with Serpents shalbe pestered. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 22 Cornish houses are most pestred with Rats, a brood very hurtful. 1625 A. Hatch in S. Purchas Pilgrims x. iii. 1701 The climate is..not much pestred with infectious or obnoxious ayres. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 20 These Vermin that pester the outside of Animals. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies II. xxxiii. 4 There are no Inhabitants on those Islands, for they are so pestered with Tigers. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 559 [Malabar] is rich and fertile, but pestered with green adders. 1812 D. Souter Gen. View Agric. Banff App. 38 If it [sc. the land] be pestered with quicken, swine-arnot or other such spreading roots. 1857 F. Gerhard Illinois as it Is 256 The prairie teems with grasshoppers and crickets, and many a dwelling is pestered with mill-moths. 1937 Amer. Home Apr. 133/1 The green plant lice that cluster on your rose bush tips, or the black ones that pester nasturtiums. 2002 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 7 Apr. (Mag.) 35 Stauffer controls the insects that pester plants in the Chicago Park District's conservatories. 4. a. transitive. To trouble, bother, or annoy (a person) persistently, esp. with petty and reiterated questions or requests; to vex, plague.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] tawc893 ermec897 swencheOE besetOE bestandc1000 teenOE baitc1175 grieve?c1225 war?c1225 noyc1300 pursuec1300 travailc1300 to work (also do) annoyc1300 tribula1325 worka1325 to hold wakenc1330 chase1340 twistc1374 wrap1380 cumbera1400 harrya1400 vexc1410 encumber1413 inquiet1413 molest?a1425 course1466 persecutec1475 trouble1489 sturt1513 hare1523 hag1525 hale1530 exercise1531 to grate on or upon1532 to hold or keep waking1533 infest1533 scourge1540 molestate1543 pinch1548 trounce1551 to shake upa1556 tire1558 moila1560 pester1566 importune1578 hunt1583 moider1587 bebait1589 commacerate1596 bepester1600 ferret1600 harsell1603 hurry1611 gall1614 betoil1622 weary1633 tribulatea1637 harass1656 dun1659 overharry1665 worry1671 haul1678 to plague the life out of1746 badger1782 hatchel1800 worry1811 bedevil1823 devil1823 victimize1830 frab1848 mither1848 to pester the life out of1848 haik1855 beplague1870 chevy1872 obsede1876 to get on ——1880 to load up with1880 tail-twist1898 hassle1901 heckle1920 snooter1923 hassle1945 to breathe down (the back of) (someone's) neck1946 to bust (a person's) chops1953 noodge1960 monster1967 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xlv. f. 238 The Duchesse pestred with suche like talke, sayde vnto him. ‘Sir Countie, me think you ought to haue satisfied your self with my first refusall.’ 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. I2 You are pestred with some troubles. 1592 W. Wyrley Lord Chandos in True Vse Armorie 82 He was perplext and pesterd in his hed. 1600 Countess of Essex in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. III. 57 I..had never ceased to pester you with my complaints. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 162 The hollow..pesters the Workman to get the Letter out of the Mold and Matrice. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle II. xlii. 24 From thence they proceeded to Amiens, where they dined and were pestered by begging friars. 1795 T. Jefferson Writings IV. 124 I pestered him with questions. 1823 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 9 Aug. 352 You are pestered to death to find out the way to..get from place to place. 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile xiii. 349 The boys pester us to buy wretched half-dead chameleons. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale i. 3 It might be that an admirer of his had pestered him to introduce me. 1996 V. Walters Rude Girls ii. 26 It's better than staying at home where I'm pestered twenty-four hours a day by my parents. b. intransitive. To act in a persistently vexing, irritating, or demanding manner; to be bothersome. ΚΠ ?1585 W. C. Aduentures Ladie Egeria sig. H3 Why shoulde I hope after life, since my Lord the Duke, wallowing in wil, and pestering in pleasures, desireth my dispatchaunce? 1704 J. Swift Tale of Tub Pref. The tax upon paper does not lessen the number of scribblers, who daily pester, &c. 1815 D. Humphreys Yankey in Eng. 107 Poke your fun, jeer, pester, plague. 1888 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. 2nd Ser. 232 Creditors were pestering. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 171 Course then you'd have all the cranks pestering. 1986 J. Viorst Necessary Losses iii. 46 We clamour for her attention. We woo, pester, charm. c. transitive. to pester the life (also soul, dickens, etc.) out of = to plague the life out of at plague v. 2b. ΚΠ 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair xlviii. 431 You pester my poor old life out to get you into the world. You won't be able to hold your own there, you silly little fool. 1882 Cent. Mag. Mar. 767/1 They say that since he's spent Sam Stover's, that owned it, pesterin' the life almost out of him tryin' to git him to sell. 1891 T. De W. Talmage Night Scenes City Life xi. 161 His seven hundred wives almost pestered the life out of him! 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 719 Wouldnt that afflict you of course all the poking and rooting and ploughing he had up in me now what am I to do Friday Saturday Sunday wouldnt that pester the soul out of a body unless he likes it some men do. 1976 Times 2 Jan. 10/6 Philip Henry didn't so much walk with God as pester the life out of Him. 2002 Indianapolis Star (Nexis) 26 Dec. 1 e The streets of London were filled with panhandlers, pretending to be tradesmen..and pestering the Dickens out of people. Derivatives ˈpestered adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > encumbered pestered1567 cloyed1599 hampered1633 encumbered1785 landed1866 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > filling > filling to obstruction > encumbered pestered1567 lumbered1803 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis VI. f. 79 For me is violence meete. Through this the pestred cloudes I chace. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. ii. 23 Who then shall blame His pester'd Senses to recoyle, and start? View more context for this quotation 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 8 Very much crouded and pester'd ships. 1895 S. Crane Red Badge of Courage v He developed the acute exasperation of a pestered animal. 1989 R. Hansen Nebraska Stories 138 My husband rested his pestered head on my lap and I rearranged his long hair. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). pesterv.2 Showmen's slang and Market-traders' slang. transitive and intransitive. To pay. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay [verb (intransitive)] payc1387 to pay for——c1387 to come off?1544 settle1788 spring1906 pester1936 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid v. 53 She had to pester up herself out of the pound you give her. 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid viii. 88 Tell him to go out and get me a new shirt... Tell him to pester about seven and six for it. 1979 P. O'Shaughnessy Market Traders' Slang 14 Pester,..pay. ‘Don't pester for the gilly—he's a lugger.’ 2000 Times (Nexis) 10 June Someone might say..‘Chavvy pester?’—‘Has he paid?’ Derivatives ˈpestering n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > [noun] > action of paying payment1389 payingc1390 solution1489 mail-paying1581 settlement1729 paying out1863 pestering1936 1936 ‘J. Curtis’ Gilt Kid xi. 116 ‘It's his flat. He pays the rent.’ ‘Sure. I know he does the pestering.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569v.11533v.21936 |
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