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Middle English
- noisance, noisaunce, noissaunce, nosaunce, noysance, noysans, nuisaunce, nusance, nusans, nusaunce, nusauns, nuysance, nuysaunce
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman nusaunce and Old French nuisance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnui̯sau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈniu̯sau̯ns(ə)/, /-ans(ə)/
Noun
noysaunce (Late Middle English)
- Injury, harm, damage.
- (law) A property-related offence.
- (law) Anything harmful or offensive to the community.
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