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English
Etymology
From pester + -ous.
Adjective
pesterous (comparative more pesterous, superlative most pesterous)
- (obsolete) Inclined to pester; vexatious; burdensome.
1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, , London: W Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:[…] the dislike the Parliament had of gaoling of them, as that which was chargeable, pesterous, and of no open example.