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nuisancen.adj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French nussance, nuisance. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman nussance, nusance, nusaunce, nuisance, nuissance, etc., hurt, injury, annoyance (13th cent.; also in legal use) and Middle French nuisance (early 12th cent. in Old French; French nuisance ; rare between the mid 17th cent. and the mid 20th cent., modern use probably being after English) < nuisir to hurt, harm nuise v. + -ance -ance suffix. Compare noisance n. A. n.the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoyance or vexation c1400 (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 78 Brekeþ þe corde of nusance [Gloss. Bibbesw. (All Souls) moye]. ?a1430 T. Hoccleve Mother of God l. 21 in (1970) i. 52 Keepe vs from his [sc. the devil's] nusance! a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) 810 (MED) To me thus longe walke, it doth nusance Vnto my crookid feeble lymes olde. a1475 Asneth 292 in (1910) 9 239 (MED) Madame what ailes you, and ys your nuysance? a1500 Disciplina Clericalis in (1919) 22 17 (MED) Another innocent is deputed vnto turment, and I forsoth that hath don the nuysaunce goeth free. 1512 in W. H. Stevenson (1885) III. 339 To the gret hurtte of owre medo and newsance to vs all. 1776 E. Topham 9 The herb-women throw about the stalks of the bad vegetables to the great nuisance of the passengers. 1862 J. H. Burton (1863) 106 Actions of damages for nuisance, trespass, or assault. 1888 Jan. 6 Declaring that cremation is a legal procedure, provided it be effected without nuisance to others. 2. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > harmful principle, practice, etc. > affecting society the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harm or injury > [noun] > cause of > to body politic α. c1432 in (1934) 49 455 (MED) Þis Sire Iohn..set oon Iohn Aueray mason to þis seyd new pece wal wiþ þis seyd newe dore þere to be þus set in Nusans of þe vre hold of þis seyd Nicholas. 1464 V. 569/2 If eny such nusaunce were made..it shuld be beten down. 1495 c. 26 Preamble Many greate nusances and offences [are] not presented. 1641 King Charles I Commons Remonstr. in (1662) II. 60 The sale of pretended Nusanzes, as Buildings in and about London. 1652 tr. A. Fitzherbert 452 Assise of Nusans lyeth where a man levieth a Nusans to my freehold. 1691 T. Hale p. lxxxi I find that a Nusance once erected may be abated by any Body. 1710 No. 4768/1 All such Lotteries are..declared to be Common Nusances. 1736 R. Lucas 336 Keeping of a Gaming-House, an Offence indictable at Common Law, as a Nusance. 1742 C. Viner XVI. 23 Nusance..lies for levying of a Goss to intercept the Course of Fish coming from the Sea. 1817 W. Selwyn (ed. 4) II. 1044 If A. build an house so as to hang over the land of B., whereby the rain falls upon B.'s land, and injures it, B. may maintain an action against A. for this nusance. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > harmful principle, practice, etc. > anything or one considered to be obnoxious, etc. the mind > emotion > hatred > object of detestation (person or thing) > [noun] > loathsome or unpleasant person the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation > one who or that which annoys 1661 J. Evelyn ii. 15 Such Trades, as are manifest Nuisances to the City. a1669 J. Denham (1928) 103 Making efforts with all my Puissance, For some Venereal Reiouissance, I got (as one may say) a nuysance. a1704 T. Brown Acct. Conversat. Liberty of Conscience in Duke of Buckingham (1705) II. 129 You think my Trade a Nuisance, I like it better, than a Powder-Shop. 1712 R. Steele No. 430. ⁋1 Whatsoever looks ill, and is offensive to the Sight; the worst Nusance of which kind [etc.]. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler II. 266 The lumber, old cloaths,..and the herb-stalls, are a great nusance. 1774 O. Goldsmith VI. 328 The annual inundation of these fish is so great, that they cover the shores in such quantities as to become a nuisance. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. 312 The fox..was considered as a mere nuisance. 1864 J. C. Geikie iii. 54 But the pigs were not the only nuisance. 1910 E. M. Forster xx In summer especially, the mews is a serious nuisance. The smoking room, too, is an abominable little den. 1959 8 Jan. 48/2 The nuisances of smoke and factory effluent. 1989 R. W. M. Dias 1354 In common parlance, stenches and smoke and a variety of different things may amount to a nuisance infact. 1676 G. Etherege i. i. 9 Damn her, Dunghill, if her Husband does Not remove her, she stinks so, the Parish Intend to indite him for a Nusance. 1695 W. Congreve ii. i. 19 I'll swear you are a Nusance to the Neighbourhood—What a Bustle did you keep against the last Invisible Eclipse. 1744 J. Swift On Mutual Subjection in 5 A wise Man who does not assist with his Counsels,..and a poor Man with his Labour, are perfect Nusances in a Commonwealth. 1762 T. Smollett I. iv. 103 The said Greaves was a common nusance, and ought to be prosecuted on the statute of barretry. 1781 W. Cowper 508 Seest thou yon harlot,..The worn-out nuisance of the public streets. 1816 W. Scott I. iv. 87 But here..he is a sort of privileged nuisance. 1880 S. Haughton iv. 171 The Syrian highlanders..were a perpetual nuisance to the more powerful countries that surrounded them. 1939 ‘F. O'Brien’ 82 They were pests and public nuisances whose antics were not infrequently attended by damage to property. 1987 M. Flannagan (1988) iv. 35 I understand you're a neurotic nuisance who can't control herself. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > harmful principle, practice, etc. 1804 H. H. Brackenridge II. i. ii. 24 The public have now some idea that the licentiousness of the press is not more a nuisance in the moral, than offensive smells are in the physical world. 1820 May 350 The nuisance of monopoly completely put down. a1832 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. to ed. 2, in (1843) I. 242/1 As with corn at present, the abundance of it was a nuisance. 1865 J. S. Mill in 6 July Of all the political nuisances of the day this is one which it most behoves everyone to make a stand against. 1894 at Milner, Isaac Milner found the menial duties then incumbant on sizars so distasteful, that when reproved for upsetting a tureen soup, he exclaimed, ‘When I get into power I will abolish this nuisance’ (which he did). 3. In weakened use. the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation 1814 J. Austen I. vi. 117 It was no part of my education; and the only dose I ever had,..has made me consider improvements in hand as the greatest of nuisances . View more context for this quotation 1865 A. Trollope II. xxxi. 245 Why should he let the intruder in, and undergo the nuisance of a disagreeable interview? 1897 M. Kingsley 363 Neither de Ballay nor the steamer had arrived, and a very bitter nuisance this must have been. 1915 W. S. Maugham xlii. 199 ‘And the nuisance is,’ added Clutton, ‘that it takes him a devil of a time to get drunk.’ 1929 G. Mitchell iv. 47 Damned nuisance about the head... He's left us everything else, including the innards. 1964 J. Rule iii. 8 They're so little nuisance. A letter and a cheque a month is all they need. 2000 11 June 56/1 My cat's ‘open sesame’ demands are becoming a nuisance. 1848 A. Brontë I. i. 10 My mother won't let me go to sea or enter the army; and I'm determined to..make myself such a nuisance to you all, that you will be thankful to get rid of me. 1858 G. A. Sala in 10 July 170/2 I daresay that, with my inquisitiveness and my moping over books, I am an intolerable little nuisance. 1908 E. M. Forster xiv. 217 She felt sure that she would prove a nuisance, and begged to be given an inferior spare room—something with no view, anything. 1968 B. Hines 103 They're allus sayin' I'm a pest or a nuisance, they talk as though I like gettin' into trouble; but I don't, Sir. 1990 C. Brayfield xiv. 307 ‘I'm being such a bore and a nuisance.’.. ‘Nonsense. This is what families are for.’ B. adj.the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious 1922 12 77 Recommendations that..the minor so-called ‘nuisance’ taxes of fountain drinks, etc., be repealed. 1935 16 July 2/1 The program might raise an amount approximately only that promised by the continued ‘nuisance’ imposts and the 3-cent non-local postage rate. 1962 11 Oct. 586/2 Some partnerships treat non-vulnerable over-calls at the level of One as merely nuisance bids. 1980 20 Mar. t1/5 She takes to the streets daily in response to calls from tenants to investigate nuisance neighbours. 1989 219 328 (title) A new technique for live-trapping of nuisance alligators. 2000 June 42/1 Resources are not wasted on nuisance alarms. Compounds C1. a. 1964 C. Chaplin xxix. 499 It's nothing but a nuisance action, Charlie; all the same I want you to keep from being served a summons. 1991 58 559 Walter and Jane Blank demanded that their general liability carriers defend a nuisance action against them that resulted from the disposal of pesticides. 1941 10 80 There is a certain savage heightening of his nuisance-aspect towards the end. 1980 11 298/2 From the perspective of the client it [sc. sterilization] requires..dissatisfaction with the repetitive and nuisance aspects..of hormonal, barrier, and other effective methods. 1968 13 Feb. 7/6 The only apple carts that Mr. Trudeau could not upset are those of..the three nuisance candidates. 1993 27 Aug. 8/4 We used to be considered the ‘fringy’ element, too. I don't like to be lumped with the Liberals and Tories. However, I don't want just nuisance candidates in elections, either. 1956 A. 119 29 A project of operations analysis which serves to improve the production process by removing the disturbing influence of some nuisance factor. 1994 Oct. 104/1 (advt.) Don't keep your cigarettes handy... This nuisance factor alone will inhibit your smoking. 1930 P. W. Slosson v. 160 A Fairly large radical wing of the suffrage movement had tried to badger the government of the day into action by such means as breaking windows, interrupting public meetings,..and other ‘nuisance tactics’. 1952 325 Government workers, forbidden..to strike, resorted to go-slow, work to rule, and other nuisance tactics. 1922Nuisance tax [see sense B.]. 1984 16 Apr. 92/2 Unpopular additional nuisance taxes on such things as bowling, haircuts, movie tickets, dry cleaning, parking, and shoe repairs. b. 1853 A. Ure (ed. 4) II. 799 They..would not again return to the nuisance-creating system. 1977 3 174 Railroads, elevated highways, and other nuisance-creating facilities have been built too close to residential areas. C2. society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > manner of 1940 27 Nov. 6 The change in the enemy's air tactics from general nuisance bombing to concentrated attacks on more restricted targets. 1990 J. Bykofsky & H. Larson viii. 323 The nuisance bombing was countered by determined and effective defenders utilizing antiaircraft fire. 1973 4 518 When one's telephone rings, one has no idea of the possible benefit of the incoming call. In fact, in the case of nuisance calls, the benefit is presumably negative. 1989 27 May 2 A few months ago I was subjected to nuisance telephone calls. 1995 3 Aug. 7/1 Requests for help from British Telecom in tackling nuisance calls have dropped by 20 per cent since the introduction of the caller display and call return services. the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > place for disposing of refuse 1889 in (1961) 11 Jan. 8/6 A well-grounded complaint has been made..in reference to dumping of filth in to the old cellar holes along the main road..instead of taking it to the nuisance ground. 1970 J. H. Gray 72 He had hauling contracts with the city that included carrying the manure from the city stables to the nuisance grounds. 1997 A. Gordon iii. 26 He and I spent a lot of time at the nuisance grounds. society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > type of 1942 18 Mar.–9 June 110 Some of the raids into enemy territory are merely nuisance raids to upset enemy nerves. 1943 Aug. 34 Cases of..nuisance raids by single rodents had been reported. 1984 R. Fox in 12 Apr. 3/1 The soldiers keep busy with exercises in the field and patrols to potential landing-sites for anyone bent on nuisance raids. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > used in warfare > bomber 1944 11 July 1 German radio early to-day reported several nuisance raiders over the Berlin area. 1907 28 Dec. 16/2 B.R.T. Fights $500 Fine. Company Appeals from Verdict in Kent Avenue Nuisance Suit... The company was found guilty in the County Court of maintaining a smoke nuisance at its power house in Kent Avenue. 1915 2 Dec. 2/3 Numerous instances of the halt of reorganizations by so-called ‘nuisance suits’ have exasperated railway men and bankers. 1933 27 Mar. 23/1 It obviated further ‘nuisance suits’ against the prostrate company over which as many as 150 lawyers..were hovering like vultures last week. 1977 (Nexis) 6 June 112 These are the speculative damage suits, or nuisance suits, brought against corporations on a contingent fee basis with little chance of winning but with high hopes of getting a fat settlement out of court. 1991 P. Jenkins vi. 52 The familiar campaign of a nuisance suit now took hold—the assembling of a posse of witnesses on both sides, the media attention. the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation > nuisance value 1933 4 July 6/6 Authorities on taxation recently persuaded the State Legislature to abolish this tax as a nuisance, although its nuisance value was the chief reason for its existence. 1972 5 Jan. 4/6 Muskie's aides dismiss them airily as being no threat at all except for the nuisance value they may have in primaries. Derivatives the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful person > [noun] the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] > a harmful thing or person > pestilential 1769 W. Blackstone IV. xvi. 223 The animadversion of the law upon eaves-droppers, nusancers, and incendiaries. the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [adjective] > annoying or vexatious 1906 23 May 642/1 Of all the nuisances that ever did nuisance, the hotel ‘tip’ nuisance is the most nuisancy and intolerable. 1971 K. Grubb vi. 124 Some nuisancey telegram from Nicaragua. a1974 R. Crossman (1976) II. 617 After that one of our rather nuisancy back-benchers, Marcus Lipton, got up to ask me why I wasn't announcing next Monday's business. 1989 15 Apr. c7/1 His newly hired French valet, Passepartout, played with an irritating accent by nuisancey Eric Idle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.c1400 |
