nusance
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nusance — nusance, anze, auns obs. ff. nuisance … Useful english dictionary
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nuisance — [15] Nuisance has become much less serious over the centuries. When English originally acquired it, it meant ‘harm, injury’ (‘Helpe me to weye ageyn the feend … keepe vs from his nusance’, Thomas Hoccleve, Mother of God 1410), reflecting its… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
nuisance — /ˈnjusəns / (say nyoohsuhns) noun 1. a highly obnoxious or annoying thing or person. 2. something offensive or annoying to individuals or to the community, to the prejudice of their legal rights. {Middle English nusance, from Old French nuisance …
nuisance — [15] Nuisance has become much less serious over the centuries. When English originally acquired it, it meant ‘harm, injury’ (‘Helpe me to weye ageyn the feend … keepe vs from his nusance’, Thomas Hoccleve, Mother of God 1410), reflecting its… … Word origins
nuisance — [no͞o′səns, nyo͞o′səns] n. [ME nusance < OFr < nuisir, noisir < L nocere, to annoy: see NECRO ] 1. an act, condition, thing, or person causing trouble, annoyance, or inconvenience 2. Law a use of one s property that causes danger or… … English World dictionary
nui|sance — «NOO suhns, NYOO », noun. 1. a thing or person that annoys, troubles, offends, or is disagreeable; annoyance: »Flies are a nuisance. The quartering of soldiers upon the colonists was a great nuisance (H. G. Wells). SYNONYM(S): plague, trouble,… … Useful english dictionary
