a. Obs. rare. [f. VEX v. + -FUL 1.] = VEXATIOUS a.

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1598.  Florio, Essoso, vexfull, cruell, exacting. Ibid. (1603), Montaigne, II. xi. 243. Maintaining for his exercise the peevish frowardnes of his wife, then which no essay can be more vex-full.

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