| 释义 |
pesterment Obs. exc. dial.|ˈpɛstəmənt|
[f. pester v.1 + -ment.]
The action of pestering or fact of being pestered, in various senses of the verb: † overcrowding (obs.); annoyance, worry.
1593Pass. Morrice (1876) 51 An armie might have lodged therein without pesterment. 1652J. Wright tr. Camus' Nat. Paradox vi. 124 How joyfull were they to see them⁓selves rid of the pesterment of their Companions. 1729Franklin Ess. Wks. 1840 II. 26, I have all the trouble and pesterment of children, without the pleasure of calling them my own. 1828Craven Gloss., Pesterment, embarrassment. |