Meaning

noun someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

originEtymology tree Latin vexōbor. Old French vexerbor. Middle English vexen English vex Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English vexer From vex + -er.

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