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noisome
[
noi
-s
uh
m
]
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Origin
noi·some
/
ˈnɔɪ
səm
/
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[
noi
-s
uh
m
]
Show IPA
adjective
1.
offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
2.
harmful or injurious to health; noxious.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
noy
(aphetic variant of
annoy
) +
-some
1
Related forms
noi·some·ly,
adverb
noi·some·ness,
noun
Can be confused:
1.
full
,
fullness
,
fulsome
,
noisome
(see usage note at
fulsome
);
2.
noisome,
noisy
.
Synonyms
1.
fetid, putrid, rotten, stinking, mephitic.
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But for all the
noisome
details, this is not a cynical novel.
He does not worry about a few thousand
noisome
people in the streets.
French was so appalled by the
noisome
state of the latrines that he asked the ashram secretary whose job it was to clean them.
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But for all the
noisome
details, this is not a cynical novel.
He does not worry about a few thousand
noisome
people in the streets.
French was so appalled by the
noisome
state of the latrines that he asked the ashram secretary whose job it was to clean them.
Cairo's particular contribution to the trade, however, is the
noisome
nature of the distraction.
We are all familiar with the right to bear arms and the
noisome
extremes indulged by its zealots.
For the rest he is an absolute nullity and an exceptionally
noisome
one.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
noisome
(ˈnɔɪsəm)
—
adj
1.
(esp of smells) offensive
2.
harmful or noxious
[C14: from obsolete
noy,
variant of
annoy
+
-some
1
]
'noisomely
—
adv
'noisomeness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
noisome
1382, "harmful, noxious," from noye "harm, misfortune," shortened form of anoi "annoyance" (from O.Fr. anoier, see
annoy
) + -some. Meaning "bad-smelling" first recorded 1577.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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