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Webster 1913 Edition


Plaguy

Pla′guy

,
Adj.
Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting;
as, a
plaguy
horse
.
[Colloq.]
Also used adverbially;
as, “He is so
plaguy
proud
.”
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Plaguy

PLAGUY

,
Adj.
Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting. [Vulgar.]

Definition 2024


plaguy

plaguy

English

Adjective

plaguy (comparative plaguier, superlative plaguiest)

  1. Causing annoyance or bother, irritating
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 18
      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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