Etymology

noisome

noi·some
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Today it means: Morally hurtful or noxious. Full definition →

Middle English noysom ← Old French enuier ← Late Latin inodiare
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  1. Late Latin · derived frominodiare
  2. Old French · derived fromenuier
  3. Middle English · inherited fromnoysom
  4. English todaynoisome

From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).

Words from the same roots

Late Latininodiare all →

annoy

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