vexation

Signification (Anglais)

  1. (uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
  2. (uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
  3. (uncountable) The action of vexing, annoying, or irritating someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.
  4. (uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.
  5. (uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.
  6. (uncountable) The state of being vexed, annoyed, or irritated; annoyance, irritation; also, disappointment, discontentment, unhappiness; (countable) an instance of this.
  7. (countable) A source of mental distress or trouble; an affliction, a woe; also, a source of annoyance or irritation; an annoyance, an irritant.
  8. (obsolete, uncountable) The action of using force or violence on someone or something; (countable) an instance of this.

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/vɛkˈseɪʃən/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Late Middle English vexacioun, vexation (“physical suffering; act of inflicting trouble (specifically through unjustified legal action); anxiety, mental distress; mental disturbance”), from Anglo-Norman vexacion, vexation, Middle French vexacion, vexation (“distress, suffering; harassment (specifically through unjustified legal action)”), and Old French vexacion, vexation (“distress, suffering; harassment”) (modern French vexation), and from their etymon Latin vexātiō (“shaking or similar violent movement; (causing of) agitation, distress, suffering; harassment, persecution; trouble”), from vexātus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Vexātus is the perfect passive participle of vexō (“to shake or jolt violently; to annoy, harass; to persecute; to trouble violently”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷog- (“to shake; to swing”). By surface analysis, vex + -ation (suffix denoting an action or process or its result, or a quality or state). Doublet of quake.

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