Meanings
adjectiveannoyful (comparative more annoyful, superlative most annoyful)
comparative more annoyful · superlative most annoyful
- obsoleteannoying
For as much as this new fortress is an annoyful neighbour to your Majesty's town of Boulogne, and county of the same […]
1815, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey; Thomas Wyatt, “From the Earl of Surrey to the King” (chapter XIV), in George Frederick Nott, editor, The Works of Henry Howard, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, page 1921 more example
The immediate and annoyful physical effects of mental irritation are strikingly displayed in those of a nervous and sensitive temperament, […]
1850, William Sweetser, “Anger, Concluded” (chapter XV), in Mental Hygiene, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 156
Origin
- Middle Englishanoy
- Englishannoy
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
- Proto-Germanic*fullaz
- Englishannoyful
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APA
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Chicago
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