Valdosta Mayor Pro Tem Alvin Payton, Jr. and Fire Chief Freddie Broome honored VFD Lt. Jeff Talley, Sgt. Wade Briggs and Firefighter Brandon Matheny as the July 2016 Employees of the Month at the July 7 City Council meeting.
: making someone annoyed or irritated. 1  I've been trying to get rid of this pesky cold for weeks. 2  pesky insects. 3  pesky reporters.
pl. pedÂ·antÂ·ries. 1  The ostentatious display of academic knowledge, or undue attention paid to minor details or formal rules: His detailed research was dismissed as pedantry. 2  An instance of pedantic behavior: grew tired of his pedantries.