An example of pester is a boy pulling his little sister's hair over and over again.
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Origin of pester
from obsolete impester from Old French empestrer, origin, originally , to hobble a horse at pasture, entangle from Vulgar Latin an unverified form impastoriare from Classical Latin in-, in- + Vulgar Latin an unverified form pastoria, shackle (see pastern): meaning influenced, influence by pest
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transitive verb
pes·tered, pes·ter·ing, pes·tersOrigin of pester
Probably short for French empestrer to constrain, embarrass (probably also influenced by pest ) from Old French from Vulgar Latin impāstōriāre Latin in- in ; see in- 2. Vulgar Latin pāstōria a hobble from Latin feminine of pāstōrius of a herdsman ( from pāstor herdsman ; see pā- in Indo-European roots.)Related Forms:
noun
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(third-person singular simple present pesters, present participle pestering, simple past and past participle pestered)
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