1775, originally in New England dialect, perhaps a dialectal formation from pest (compare plaguy "confounded, annoying, disagreeable"). Partridge suggests an origin in Essex dialect.
例文
1. Is that pesky lady coming to the office again?
あの嫌な女がまたオフィスに来た?
2.Those pesky salesmen always call at dinner time.
嫌なセールスマンはいつも夕食時に電話をかける。
3.Those pesky people are really annoying.
あの嫌われ者たちは本当に嫌だ。
4.And what about those pesky imbalances?
そしてしつこいグローバル不均衡問題はどうするのか。
5.Use Monday Nightフットボールas an opportunity to get housework pesky ,if well intentioned,husband underfoot.