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nuisance

noun
/ˈnjuː.səns/UK/ˈnuː.səns/US

Etymology

From Middle English noysaunce, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance and Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”), from Latin nocēre. Doublet of nocence and nocency.

  1. derived from noceō
  2. derived from nuisance
  3. derived from nusaunce
  4. inherited from noysaunce

Definitions

  1. A minor annoyance or inconvenience.

    • The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.
    • What a nuisance to have to go now!
    • By itself, nondifferentiability at zero is a minor nuisance.

  2. A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.

    • You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.
    • With Vardy working tirelessly up front, chasing lost causes and generally making a nuisance of himself, Sevilla were never allowed to settle on a night when the atmosphere was electric inside the King Power Stadium.

  3. Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal…

    Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

    • a public nuisance

The neighborhood

Derived

antinuisance, attractive nuisance, make a nuisance of oneself, nuisance call, nuisance caller, nuisance candidate, nuisance fee, nuisance ground, nuisanceless, nuisance parameter, nuisancer, nuisance tax

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nuisance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA