vexing
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English vexynge (“harassment”); equivalent to vex + -ing.
Verb[edit]
vexing
- present participle of vex
Noun[edit]
vexing (plural vexings)
- vexation
- 2002, Harold Bloom, American Women Poets, 1650-1950
- Many unkindnesses as well as (one feels) many liberties and general vexings, were required to move her to this.
- 2002, Harold Bloom, American Women Poets, 1650-1950
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
vexing
- Alternative form of vexynge