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pesky
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pes·ky
/
ˈpɛs
ki
/
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[
pes
-kee
]
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adjective,
pes·ki·er,
pes·ki·est.
Informal.
annoyingly troublesome:
bothered by a pesky fly.
Origin:
1765–75;
alteration of
pesty
(
pest
+
-y
1
)
Related forms
pesk·i·ly,
adverb
pesk·i·ness,
noun
Synonyms
vexatious, irksome, bothersome, pestiferous.
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pesky
(ˈpɛskɪ)
—
adj
,
peskier
,
peskiest
informal
chiefly
(
US
), (
Canadian
) troublesome:
pesky flies
[C19: probably changed from
pesty;
see
pest
]
'peskily
—
adv
'peskiness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
pesky
1775, originally in New England dialect, perhaps a dial. formation from pest (cf. plaguy "confounded, annoying, disagreeable"). Partridge suggests an origin in Essex dialect.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Conventional and organic gardening methods allow different types of
insecticides to control those
pesky
bugs.
To his annoyance, his
pesky
neighbors refuse to leave him alone.
Now a huge swath of west-facing slope-and the
pesky
stone structures
thereon-have been cleared to make way for a small farm.
Because of those
pesky
global imbalances, however, not everyone can run a large
surplus.
Campers know the
pesky
feeling of ants crawling up and down their arms and legs.
There are also those
pesky
things called clouds, smog and shadows.
After the meal, they all go tramping through the heather with a pack of
pesky
corgis nipping at their heels.
Those
pesky
mosquitoes, chiggers and deer flies are dying with the cooler air.
We have to be shielded from all that
pesky
radiation.
On occasion, pond fishing may be interrupted by
pesky
pond critters such as turtles.
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