Both Uses of
vex
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Mr Bloom with his stick gently vexed the thick sand at his foot.†
Chpt 13 *
- …and health and also character besides which, the squandermania of the thing, fast women of the demimonde ran away with a lot of l s. d. into the bargain and the greatest danger of all was who you got drunk with though, touching the much vexed question of stimulants, he relished a glass of choice old wine in season as both nourishing and bloodmaking and possessing aperient virtues (notably a good burgundy which he was a staunch believer in) still never beyond a certain point where he…†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(vex) to annoy or disturb