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plaguey

adj
/ˈpleɪɡi/

Etymology

From plague + -y.

  1. derived from plāga
  2. derived from plage
  3. inherited from plage
  4. formed as plaguey — “plague + -y”

Definitions

  1. Causing annoyance or bother

    Causing annoyance or bother; irritating.

    • Pleasant it were in Botnahill to dwell. Were it not for the sound of that plaguy bell.
    • "None so deaf as those who won't hear. Now this plaguy old woman will keep me bawling for an hour; it's always so when I'm in a hurry."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for plaguey. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA