plaguy
English
Etymology
plague + -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpleɪɡi/
- Rhymes: -eɪɡi
Adjective
plaguy (comparative plaguier, superlative plaguiest)
- Causing annoyance or bother; irritating.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, OCLC 57395299:
- He got so frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from whales, for fear of after-claps, in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.
- 1950, C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Collins, 1998, Chapter 10,
- “If you hadn’t all been in such a plaguey fuss when we were starting, I’d have brought some pillows,” said Mrs. Beaver.
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Alternative forms
- plaguey
Synonyms
- annoying, irritating, troublesome