pestersome

pes·ter

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pes-ter]
- /ˈpɛs tər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pes-ter]
- /ˈpɛs tər/

Definitions of pestersome word

verb with object pestersome to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems. 1
verb with object pestersome Obsolete. to overcrowd. 1

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Origin of pestersome

First appearance:

before 1530

One of the 29% oldest English words

1530-40; perhaps aphetic variant of empester, impester to tangle, encumber (though pester is found earlier than these 2 words) < Middle French empestrer to hobble, entangle < Vulgar Latin *impāstōriāre to hobble, equivalent to im- im-1 + pāstōri(a) a hobble, noun use of Latin pāstōrius of a herdsman or shepherd + -āre infinitive suffix (see pastor); aphetic form apparently reinforced by pest (cf. -er6)

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Parts of speech for Pestersome

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Pestersome

pestersome popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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