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vex (iou) and telecommuter (oh)


vex (iou)



vex verb, noun, & adjective. LME.
[Old & mod. French vexer from Latin vexare shake, agitate, disturb.]
A. verb.
verb trans.
a. Trouble or harass by aggression, encroachment, or Other interference. Now rare. LME.
b. Of a disease etc.: afflict physically, affect with pain or suffering. Now arch. or poet. LME.
verb trans.
a. Distress mentally; make anxious or depressed, grieve, worry. LME.
b. Puzzle, confound. E17.
verb trans. Anger by a slight or petty annoyance; irritate, annoy. LME.
Economist He recently vexed rumour-mongers..by declining to disclose Hongkong Bank's inner reserves. S. Butler Sorry for having done his lessons so badly and vexed his dear papa.
verb intrans. Be distressed in mind; feel unhappy or dissatisfied, fret. Now rare or obsolete. L16.
verb trans. Disturb physically; toss about, agitate, stir up. Now poet. E17.
Tennyson Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vex the dim sea.
verb trans. Subject (a matter) to prolonged examination or discussion, debate at (excessive) length. E17.
b. noun.
A cause or state of vexation or grief. Scot. E19.
Distressing or vexing commotion. rare. M19.
C. adjective. Vexed, annoyed, irritated. Black English (chiefly W. Indies). L19.
vexable adjective (rare) (a) troublesome, oppressive; (b) able to be vexed: E16.
vexer noun M16.
vexing adjective that vexes someone or something, distressing, annoying, irritating L16.
vexingly adverb M17.

telecommuter (oh)



someone who works at Home using a computer connected to a company's main office
-- telecommuting n [U]