The system of education introduced by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827), Swiss teacher, involving more active learning and less word-based instruction.

pesterverb

To bother, harass, or annoy persistently.

pesterableadj

cumbersome; awkward to transport

pesterernoun

Agent noun of pester; one who pesters.

pesterestverb

second-person singular simple present indicative of pester

pesterethverb

third-person singular simple present indicative of pester

pesteringnoun

An act or instance of annoying somebody.

pesteringlyadv

In a pestering manner; annoyingly, bothersomely.

pestermentnoun

The act of pestering

pesterousadj

Inclined to pester; vexatious; burdensome.

pestersomeadj

Characterised or marked by pestering; bothersome; annoying

pesteryadj

Tending to pester.

pestfuladj

annoying; acting as a pest

pestholenoun

A place where a contagious disease is present or likely

pesthousenoun

An establishment which provides shelter and/or care to sufferers of pestilence or other contagious infections

pesticidaladj

Of, pertaining to, or effective as a pesticide.

pesticidallyadv

In the manner of a pesticide

pesticidenoun

Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

pestiductnoun

That which conveys contagion or infection.

pestiferousadj

containing organisms that cause contagious diseases

pestiferouslyadv

In a pestiferous manner.

pestiferousnessnoun

The quality of being pestiferous.

pestificationnoun

The action, or the result of pestifying.

pestifyverb

To pester or annoy

pestilencenoun

Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.

pestilentadj

Highly injurious or destructive to life: deadly.

pestilentialadj

Of or relating to pestilence or plague.

pestilentiallyadv

In a pestilential manner; with pestilence.

pestilentialnessnoun

The quality of being pestilential.

pestilentlyadv

In a pestilent manner.

pestilyadv

In a pesty manner.

pestingnoun

The total disintegration of metal into powder as a result of oxidation.

pestisnoun

Plague.

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