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English
Etymology
From Middle English noyous; equivalent to noy + -ous.
Pronunciation
Adjective
noyous (comparative more noyous, superlative most noyous)
- (now rare, archaic) Troublesome; harmful, injurious.
Middle English
- newous, noȝous, noieose, noieous, noious, noiouse, noius, noyes, noyhous, noyis, noyose, noyouse, noyows, noyowse, noyus, nuous, nuyous, nuyus, nyes, nyous
Etymology
An aphetic form of anoyous; equivalent to noy + -ous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nui̯ˈuːs/, /ˈnui̯us/
Adjective
noyous
- painful, injurious, harmful
- irritating, difficult, troublesome
- (rare) hazardous, treacherous
- (rare) severe, grievous
Quotations
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “viij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII (in Middle English):Thenne as they stode talkynge there came knyghtes wel armed and bad hem yelde them or els to dye / that yeldyng sayd they shal be noyous to yow
"Then as they stood talking there came knights well armed, and bade them yield them or else to die. That yielding, said they, shall be noyous to you."- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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