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vex
English
Etymology
From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin v?x?re (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Middle English grillen (“to vex, annoy”) from Old English grillan. Doublet of quake.
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?ks, IPA(key): /v?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
Verb
vex (third-person singular simple present vexes, present participle vexing, simple past and past participle vexed or (archaic) vext)
- (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
- (transitive) To annoy, irritate.
- (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
- (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.
- some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
- 1613, George Chapman, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois
- Wake when thou would'st wake, fear nought, vex for nought
- 1613, George Chapman, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois
- (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:vex.
Synonyms
- (to annoy): agitate, irk, irritate
- (to cause mental suffering): afflict, grame, torment
Derived terms
Related terms
- quake
- vexatious
Translations
Noun
vex (plural vexes)
- (Scotland, obsolete) A trouble.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “vex”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
vex
- Alternative form of wax (“wax”)
Etymology 2
Verb
vex
- Alternative form of vexen
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chiack
English
Alternative forms
- chyack
Etymology
From chi-ike.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?aijæk/, /t?aijæk/
Verb
chiack (third-person singular simple present chiacks, present participle chiacking, simple past and past participle chiacked)
- (Australia) To taunt or tease in jest.
- 1987, Sheila Anderson, End of the Season, in Anna Gibbs, Alison Tilson (editors), Frictions, An Anthology of Fiction by Women, page 45,
- They were cheerful enough, liked a bit of chiacking, and the women enjoyed the bawdy undertones of their jokes.
- 2008, Helen Garner, The Art of the Dumb Question, in True Stories: Selected Non-Fiction, page 13,
- Most poignantly of all, though, when I get fed up with working alone, I remember Victorian high school staffrooms of the sixties and seventies: the rigid hierarchy with its irritations, but also the chiacking, the squabbles, the timely advice from some old stager with a fag drooping off his lip.
- 2008, Graeme Blundell, The Naked Truth: A Life in Parts, 2011, unnumbered page,
- We believed Melbourne?s two most extraordinary institutions were those of chiacking – taking the piss – and larrikinism. Although the latter would develop derogatory connotations, and chiacking was already beginning to die a slow death, sometimes perceived as offensive in its more alcoholic forms, especially by the women in our group.
- 1987, Sheila Anderson, End of the Season, in Anna Gibbs, Alison Tilson (editors), Frictions, An Anthology of Fiction by Women, page 45,
- (Britain) To taunt maliciously.
- The gang of youths chiacked the academic.
Synonyms
- hound
- taunt
- jeer
References
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