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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of pester" class="word__name--TTbAA">pester<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>1520s, "to clog, entangle, encumber" (a sense now obsolete), probably a shortening of <span class="foreign notranslate">empester, impester</span>, from French <span class="foreign notranslate">empestrer</span> "place in an embarrassing situation" (Modern French <span class="foreign notranslate">empêtrer</span>, Walloon <span class="foreign notranslate">epasturer</span>), from Vulgar Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">*impastoriare</span> "to hobble" (an animal), from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">im-</span> "in" + Medieval Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">pastoria (chorda)</span> "(rope) to hobble an animal," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">pastoria</span>, fem. of <span class="foreign notranslate">pastorius</span> "of a herdsman," from <span class="foreign notranslate">pastor</span> "herdsman" (see <a href="/word/pastor#etymonline_v_7307" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pastor " class="crossreference notranslate">pastor</a> (n.)).</p> <p>Or directly from the French word. The sense of "annoy, disturb, trouble" (1560s) is from influence of <a href="/word/pest" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pest " class="crossreference notranslate">pest</a>. Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Pestered</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">pestering</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1520s">1520s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to pester">Entries linking to <i>pester</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of pastor" href="/word/pastor#etymonline_v_7307">pastor<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>late 14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), "shepherd, one who has care of a flock or herd" (a sense now obsolete), also figurative, "spiritual guide, shepherd of souls, a Christian minister or clergyman," from Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">pastor</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">pastur</span> "herdsman, shepherd" (12c.) and directly from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">pastor</span> "shepherd," from <span class="foreign notranslate">pastus</span>, past participle of <span class="foreign notranslate">pascere</span> "to lead to pasture, set to grazing, cause to eat," from PIE root <a href="/word/*pa-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *pa- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*pa-</a> "to feed; tend, guard, protect." Compare <a href="/word/pasture" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pasture " class="crossreference notranslate">pasture</a>.</p> <p>The spiritual sense was in Church Latin (e.g. Gregory's <span class="foreign notranslate">"Cura Pastoralis"</span>). The verb in the Christian sense is from 1872.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of pest" href="/word/pest#etymonline_v_12776">pest<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1550s (in imprecations, <span class="foreign notranslate">"a pest upon ____,"</span> etc.), "plague, pestilence, epidemic disease," from French <span class="foreign notranslate">peste</span> (1530s), from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">pestis</span> "deadly contagious disease; a curse, bane," a word of uncertain origin. Meaning "any noxious, destructive, or troublesome person or thing" is attested by c. 1600. <span class="foreign notranslate"><strong>Pest-house</strong></span> "hospital for persons suffering from infectious diseases" is from 1610s.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of bepester" href="/word/bepester"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">bepester</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of pesterment" href="/word/pesterment"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">pesterment</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *pa-" href="/word/*pa-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*pa-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/pester/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->5<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of pester">Trends of <i>pester</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of pesterment" href="/word/pesterment"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">pesterment<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"act of pestering; state of being pestered," 1590s, from pester + -ment. She cries, 'Don't thee trouble thyself, Neighbour: Let them play a little; I'll put all to rights myself before I go.' 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clothes-press; instrument for hurling stones," al</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of gar" href="/word/gar"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">gar<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">pike-like fish, 1765, American English, shortening of garfish (mid-15c.), from fish (n.) + Middle English gare, gore "a spear," from Old English gar "spear," from Proto-Germanic *gaisa- "spear" (source also of Old Norse geirr "spear; point of an anvil," Old Saxon, Old High German</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of rag" href="/word/rag"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">rag<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">"torn or worn scrap of cloth," early 14c., probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse rögg "shaggy tuft, rough hair," earlier raggw-; Old Danish rag; see rug), or else a back-formation from ragged. 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