badgered

verbnag, bother

Word Origin & History

1520s, perhaps from bage "badge" (see badge) + -ard "one who carries some action or possesses some quality," suffix related to Middle High German -hart "bold" (see -ard). If so, the central notion is the badge-like white blaze on the animal's forehead (cf. French blaireau "badger," from Old French blarel, from bler "marked with a white spot;" also obsolete Middle English bauson "badger," from Old French bauzan, literally "black-and-white spotted"). But blaze (n.2) was the usual word for this.

An Old English name for the creature was the Celtic borrowing brock; also græg ...

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Example Sentences for badgered

She might have badgered the heir of Ballawhaine, but she never did so.

"Ye should have had my podner here with ye this mornin'," badgered Landy.

Jason wanted to stop then but she badgered him into continuing.

I should not have arrested that man if I had not been badgered as I was.

He had badgered me—he was there to win if he could; I now was hot with the same design.

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adjective. shy

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