pester

Etymology

In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).

verb

  1. (transitive) To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.
  2. (obsolete, transitive and intransitive) To crowd together thickly.

noun

  1. A bother or nuisance.
    By now I presumed I had become a real pester. 2017, Samuel J. Archer, Will There Be Another Lincoln, Nixon, Johnson or Kennedy?, page 15

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