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Gadfly   /gˈædflˌaɪ/   Listen
Gadfly

noun
(pl. gadflies)
1.
A persistently annoying person.  Synonyms: blighter, cuss, pest, pesterer.
2.
Any of various large flies that annoy livestock.



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"Gadfly" Quotes from Famous Books



... a gadfly the old scientist rushed to Paris and left his card on Bouvard, who lived in the Rue Ferou near Saint-Sulpice. Bouvard sent a card to his hotel on which was written "To-morrow; nine o'clock, Rue ...
— Ursula • Honore de Balzac



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