noyance
English
Etymology
Partly an aphetic form of annoyance, partly directly from Anglo-Norman noyance.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /nɔɪəns/
Noun
noyance (plural noyances)
- (archaic) The state of being annoyed; distress, irritation.
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act III scene 3
- The single and peculiar life is bound / With all the strength and armour of the mind / To keep itself from noyance [...].
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act III scene 3
- (archaic) The act of annoying; molestation.
- (law, obsolete) Nuisance.
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