noyance

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UK/ˈnɔɪəns/

noun

The state of being annoyed; distress, irritation.

OriginMiddle English noyaunce ← Anglo-Norman noyaunce →
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Meanings

nounnoyance (plural noyances)

plural noyances

  1. archaicThe state of being annoyed; distress, irritation.

    The single and peculiar life is bound / With all the strength and armour of the mind / To keep itself from noyance [...].

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]
  2. archaicThe act of annoying; molestation.
  3. obsoletelawNuisance.

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normannoyaunce
  2. Middle Englishnoyaunce
  3. Englishnoyance

From Middle English noyaunce, partly an aphetic form of anoyaunce, partly directly from Anglo-Norman noyaunce.

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APA

noyance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noyance

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“noyance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noyance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noyance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noyance.

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