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"2": "frm",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Middle French",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "empestrer",
"4": "",
"5": "encumber"
},
"expansion": "Old French empestrer (“encumber”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pest"
},
"expansion": "English pest",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "English",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "pest"
},
"expansion": "pest",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-er"
},
"expansion": "-er",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "used to form frequentative verbs"
},
"expansion": "(used to form frequentative verbs)",
"name": "gloss"
}
],
"etymology_text": "In the senses of “overcrowd (a place)” and “impede (a person)”: from Middle French and Old French empestrer (“encumber”), influenced by English pest. The modern sense is an extension of the sense “infest”. Comparable to English construction pest + -er (used to form frequentative verbs).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pesters",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "pester (plural pesters)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017, Samuel J. Archer, Will There Be Another Lincoln, Nixon, Johnson or Kennedy?, page 15",
"text": "By now I presumed I had become a real pester.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A bother or nuisance."
],
"links": [
[
"bother",
"bother"
],
[
"nuisance",
"nuisance"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɛstə(ɹ)/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɛstɚ/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈpʰɛstɚ]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛstə(ɹ)"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pester.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pester.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pester.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7d/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pester.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-pester.wav.ogg",
"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "pester"
}
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