pestermentn.
/ˈpɛstəm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈpɛstərm(ə)nt/ The action of pestering or fact of being pestered; annoyance, worry, trouble; †overcrowding, encumbrance (obsolete). Now rare (English regional (northern) and U.S. in later use).
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun]
drovinga1400
vexation1413
molestation1435
inquietation1461
inquieting1527
hershipc1540
pesterment1593
gêne1787
harassment1893
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassment
baiting1303
cumbrance1377
persecutiona1382
pursuita1387
aggrievancea1400
vexing?a1425
molestation1435
stroublance1439
inquietation1461
distrouble1483
infestance1490
encumberment1509
molesting1523
vexationa1525
inquieting1527
inquietance1531
molestie1532
infestationc1540
moiling1565
plaguing1566
pesterment1593
commacerating1599
molestance1642
harass1667
harassing1689
harassment1753
aggrievement1778
badgering1785
pesteration1802
bedevilment1844
worrying1848
tail-twisting1887
bloodhounding1891
aggravation1902
static1923
crap1935
hassle1969
monstering1979
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > [noun] > crowded condition or crowding > overcrowding or overcrowded condition
pesterment1593
overcrowding1842
strangury1847
congestion1868
engorgement1872
1593 Passionate Morrice sig. B1 An armie might haue lodged therein without pesterment.
1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox vi. 124 How joyfull were they to see themselves rid of the pesterment of their Companions.
1681 J.-P. Cerdan Europe Slave (1706) 3 The German Armies are those of all Europe that carry along with them the most numerous Luggage and pesterment of Women, and unprofitable Mouths.
1729 B. Franklin Busy-body iv, in Amer. Weekly Mercury 18–25 Feb. 1/2 I have all the Trouble and Pesterment of Children, without the Pleasure of—calling them my own.
1802 D. Staniford Art of Reading (ed. 2) cxv. 214 Pshaw! you're a 'tarnal pestiment [1807 pesterment]. You're too old to larn any thing but how to wear horns.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Pesterment, embarrassment.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Pesterment, annoyance; perplexity.
1888 Cent. Mag. Sept. 776/2 Hit's a doctrine ez hes some mighty good points..a-bein' fer one thing powiful handy 'bout gittin' roun' pesterments.
1941 I. S. Cobb Exit Laughing x. 121 No harassing of the legmen over the telephone, no shouted demands..and, what would have been the worst pesterment of all, no nervous hovering over some hard-pressed rewrite man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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