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peste, v.|pɛst|
[a. F. pester to utter the imprecation of peste de, f. peste pest, as an imprecation.]
trans. To invoke a plague or mischief upon; intr. to give vent to angry imprecations; to exclaim pest! Now rare exc. as a curse or exclamation of annoyance (arch.).
1768Sterne Sent. Journ. I. 143 La Fleur..began to search for the letter..Diable!—then sought every pocket..not forgetting his fob—Peste!—then La Fleur emptied them upon the floor. 1815Southey Lett. (1856) III. 9 So instead of pesting the ode (that French word is better than either our synonyme in c or in d), I set about it. 1824in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1825) 280 In vain we clamour, curse, and peste, Our viands are like all the rest. 1835W. Irving Tour Prairies 24 In spite of all the pesteing and bedevilling of Tonish. 1858Thackeray Virgin. I. ii. 15 Peste! I don't know why my father gave up such a property. 1896G. A. Henty Through Russian Snows x. 193 Peste! these Russians are obstinate brigands. 1898S. Weyman Shrewsbury xlv. 393 ‘Peste!’ he said, taking snuff with a droll expression of chagrin. ‘Will anyone else ask a question.’ 1932G. Heyer Devil's Cub xv. 240 ‘But I do not know!’ cried madame... ‘Oh, peste!’ said Léonie impatiently. |