vetust (vetust)

[L. vetustus, aged, old, My mother gar'd me learn the Single Carritch, whilk was a great vex. Scott , Old Mortality, xxxvii. A sair vex to mony a.. body. Geo. Mac Donald , Warlock o' Glen warlock, xliii. vexation (vek-sa's hon), n. [ Albeit the party grieved thereby may have some reason to complain of an untrue charge, yet may he not well call it an unjust vexation . Bacon . No noise, no pulling, no vexation wakes thee, Thy lethargy is such. B. Jonson, Cat i line, iii. 2. 2. The state of being vexed, irritated, grieved, or distre ed; irritation; sorrow; grief; annoy ance. All thy vexations Were but my trials of thy love. Shak ., Tempest, iv. 1. 5. There's nothing of so infinite vexation As man's own thoughts. Webster, White Devil, v. 2. One who fails in some simple mechanical action feels vexation at his own inability - a vexation arising quite apart from any importance of the end mi ed. H. Spencer , Prin. of Psychol., § 517. 3. A cause of irritation, annoyance, distre , sorrow, or grief; affliction. Your children were vexation to your youth. Shak , Rich. III., iv. 4. 305. =Syn. 2. Anger, Vexation, Indignation, etc. (see angerl), Chagrin, etc. (see mortification ); trouble, exasperation, chagrin, petulance. vexatious (vek-sā'shus), a. [ circumstance. or character of being vexatious. vexedly (vek's ed-li), adv. With vexation; with a sense of annoyance or vexation. Richardson, Clari a Harlowe, I. lxix.