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Vexatious \Vex*a"tious\, a. [See {Vexation}.]
1. Causing vexation; agitating; afflictive; annoying; as, a
vexatious controversy; a vexatious neighbor. "Continual
vexatious wars." --South.
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2. Full of vexation, trouble, or disquiet; disturbed.
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He leads a vexatious life. --Sir K.
Digby.
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{Vexatious suit} (Law), a suit commenced for the purpose of
giving trouble, or without cause.
[1913 Webster] -- {Vex*a"tious*ly}, adv. --
{Vex*a"tious*ness}, n.
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