pesty [pes-tee] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective, pest·i·er, pest·i·est. being a nuisance or pest; annoyingly troublesome. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of pesty First recorded in 1765–75; pest + -y1 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for pesty Historical Examples of pesty
I wonder if that pesty psychiatrist has been right, all along?
Mark Clifton
Sometimes I was pesty en he whip me wid a switch, but he never whip so hard.
Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 2
Works Projects Administration