m[=o]-lest', v.t. to trouble.--ns. MOLEST[=A]'TION, state of being molested: annoyance; MOLEST'ER.--adj. MOLEST'FUL. [Fr. molester--L. molest[=a]re--molestus--moles, mass, difficulty.]
(Usu. after neg.) meddle hostilely or injuriously with (person). So molestation n. [old French]