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pesky

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pesk=y

CIDE DICTIONARY

peskya. [Etymol. uncertain.].
     Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive.  Judd.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pesky, adj. (peskier, peskiest) esp. US colloq. troublesome; confounded; annoying.

Derivative
peskily adv. peskiness n.
Etymology
18th c.: perh. f. PEST

THESAURUS

pesky

aggravating, annoying, awful, awfully, bothering, bothersome, damned, disturbing, dreadful, dreadfully, exasperating, extremely, galling, harassing, importunate, importune, irking, irksome, irritating, mean, monstrous, pestering, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, plaguesome, plaguey, plaguing, provoking, teasing, terribly, tiresome, tormenting, troublesome, troubling, troublous, ugly, vexatious, vexing, wearisome, wicked, worrisome, worrying

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