单词 | noyance |
释义 | noyancen. Now archaic and English regional. 1. The action of annoying or troubling someone; injury, disturbance, molestation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > action of annoying or vexing annoyingc1330 troublingc1340 displeasinga1387 noyance?a1400 irkingc1400 annoyancec1405 noyancy1414 vexing?a1425 annoyment1607 displeasanting1628 ruffling1647 gratinga1716 narking1894 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. 3416 Long lasted þat ilk chance, to þe breþer grete noyance. c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 93 (MED) Þe oon shuld not come vpon þe quest of þat oþer ne do hym non noyaunce ne lett. 1431 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 279 Who so..ȝeue hym any reprouable wordys, In disturblyng and noyaunce of the compenye he schal payne for his trespas. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 193/2 She was sore aferd leste he wold do to her ony gryef or noyance ayenst her avowe. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxix. 282 We shall go and do hym some noyaunce and domage. 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hippolytus iv, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 72 The reking Dales do seldome noiance take, Byding the brunt of Lightninges flashing flake. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A6 A cloud of cumbrous gnattes doe him molest,..That from their noyance he no where can rest. 1748 J. Thomson Castle of Indolence i. vi Whate'er smack'd of noyance, or unrest, Was far, far off expelled. 1755 C. Arnold Mirror 10 Who does such Noyance give to others Peace. a1835 J. Hogg Queen Hynde in Wks. of Ettrick Shepherd (1876) 203 And, sooth, such revel and deray, Such wassailing and noiance vast. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. (at cited word) Nif you'll plase to let us put up the ladder in your garden, we'll take care not to make no noyance. 1894 J. Barlow End of Elfintown ii. 47 The third fends off both fire and frost, How fierce so e'er their noyance. 2. The condition or fact of being annoyed, troubled, or harmed; irritation, vexation, distress. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] swenchOE derfnessc1175 wandrethc1175 adversity?c1225 derf?c1225 swinka1250 torferc1325 afflictiona1382 stressc1390 marrementc1391 sorea1400 noyancec1400 infortunacya1500 aloea1529 afflict?1529 obduction1610 afflictedness1646 strain1853 besetment1872 wahala1966 catch-arse1970 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] annoy?c1225 noyancec1400 vexation?a1425 crabbingc1450 annoyance1502 grudging1530 vexation of spirit1535 fret1556 fashery1558 spitea1586 gall1591 molestation1598 annoyment1607 incommodation1664 vexednessa1670 tracasserie1715 incommodement1733 frettation1779 vex1815 balls-ache1938 sterks1941 c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 180 (MED) Kyng Edward dede his diligence..to amende þe noyaunce of þe commune peple. 1494 Act II Hen. VII c. 13 Preamble The Price..[is] greatly enhansed here, to the Loss and Noyance of all the King's Subjects. 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) ii. vii. sig. k v Slouth the whiche is an heuynes & noyaunce to do well. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 165 Other coynes of mettall went among the people, to their great noyaunce. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 13 The single and peculier life is bound With all the strength and armour of the mind To keepe it selfe from noyance . View more context for this quotation 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 393 They are to inquire, if any common course of water be forclos'd, or letted to the noyance of the City. 1902 J. W. De Forest Lament in Poems 175 Remember, Jehovah, our strait, Remember our noyance. a. Law. = nuisance n. 2a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > harmful principle, practice, etc. > affecting society pestilencea1382 noisance1413 nuisance1422 noyance1457 annuisance1474 inconvenience1622 public nuisance1638 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harm or injury > [noun] > cause of > to body politic poisonc1225 nuisance1422 noyance1457 1457–8 Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall No. A. 81 The iiij Maistres of masons & Carpenters..were charged..for to ouersee a noyaunce in the parissh of Saint Martyn..betwene the tenement of the preestes [etc.]. 1466 in P. E. Jones Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1961) VI. 32 (MED) Where they were charged..for to over see a noyaunce..they fynde there..a pitte..All which pitte hooly belongeth unto the seide playntif. 1569 in Court Leet Rec. (Southampton Rec. Soc.) (1905) I. i. 54 [He] ussithe to cast out of hys house & backesyde stinckinge savers..which is a noyans to dyvers of ye Inhabitaunts theare abouts. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 298 In the yeare 1307. the 35. of Edward the first, in a Parliament at Carlile, Henry Lacie Earle of Lincolne, complained of Noyances done to the water of the Fleete: Wherupon it was granted, that the said Mill should be remoued and destroyed. 1607 Let. 29 Nov. in Catal. Harleian Coll. MSS (1759) II. No. 2084 That they were to Reforme all Obstructions & Noyances in the River of Dee. 1706 Statutes at Large Catal. of Titles, at Sewers 16 & 17 Car. II cap. 12 §7 Undertakers to have Profits of Vessels, &c. and Fine Noyances. b. A source or cause of annoyance; a nuisance, burden, or inconvenience. Cf. nuisance n. 2b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation thornc1230 dreicha1275 painc1375 cumbrance1377 diseasec1386 a hair in one's necka1450 molestationc1460 incommodity?a1475 melancholya1475 ensoigne1477 annoyance1502 traik1513 incommode1518 corsie1548 eyesore1548 fashery1558 cross1573 spite1577 corrosive1578 wasp1588 cumber1589 infliction1590 gall1591 distaste1602 plague1604 rub1642 disaccommodation1645 disgust1654 annoyment1659 bogle1663 rubber1699 noyancea1715 chagrins1716 ruffle1718 fasha1796 nuisance1814 vex1815 drag1857 bugbear1880 nark1918 pain in the neck (also arse, bum, etc.)1933 sod1940 chizz1953 c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 17 Ðey defenden þe brayn..from heete & from cold and oþere noyauncis wiþoutforþ. 1534 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 124 They..doe use to reforme all common noyaunces. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iv. f. 179v Whereby the winde..may dry vp all cobwebbes, or such like noyances. 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xliii. 55 Soe, for the Summer's Sun (noyance as great) A gentle Dew falls, to allay the heat. 1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd 99 That the distance of them be such, that every Tree be not a noyance..to his fellows. a1715 J. Urry Chaucer's Parson's Tale in Wks. G. Chaucer (1721) 200/1 Thou shalte love him in worde..and comfort him in his noyaunces. 1893 E. Ellis Woman Free 16 A needless noyance with a baseless claim, The lingering mark of man's unthinking guilt and shame. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1400 |
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