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plaguesome

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[pleyg-suhm] / ˈpleɪg səm /

adjective

  1. vexatious or troublesome.


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Etymology

Origin of plaguesome

First recorded in 1820–30; plague + -some 1

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Navy's softspoken, sensitive Commodore Ben Wyatt might well have wondered why progress had to sacrifice this lovely coral atoll, instead of an empty wasteland, a dismal slum or a plaguesome Buchenwald.

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For although she was not given, any more than other young people are, to plaguesome self-inspection, she could not help feeling that she was no longer the playful young Dolly that she loved so well.

From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

Instead of getting steadier, he grows more plaguesome.

From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

The lawyer took good care to speak to none but his principals concerning that plaguesome deed of appointment.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

Therefore he spurred his willing horse against the hill, and up the many-winding ruggedness of road, hoping, at every turn, to descry in the distance the vehicle carrying that very plaguesome box.

From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)

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