| 词汇 | molest |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： late 14c., "to cause trouble, grief, or vexation," from O.Fr. molester (12c.), from L. molestare "to disturb, trouble, annoy," from molestus "troublesome," perhaps related to moles "mass" (see mole (3)) on notion of either "burden" or "barrier." Meaning "sexually assault" first attested 1950. Related: Molested; molesting. Molestation meant "the harassing of a person in his possession or occupation of lands" in Scot. law from 1456; in Eng. common law it came to mean "injury inflicted upon another." |
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