pesty

English

adj

Definitions

annoying or troublesome; pesky; literally acting like a pest.

Etymology

Suffix from English pest (disease).

Origin

English

pest

Gloss

disease

Concept

Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

症, 疾

Emoji

🦟 🪰

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

antipest English
empest English
impest English
nonpest English
pest English
pestful English
pesthole English
pesthouse English
pesticidal English
pesticide English
pestiferous English
pestify English
pesting English
pestlike English
pestology English
peste Middle French