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noun
1.
an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure.
2.
Law. something offensive or annoying to individuals or to the community, especially in violation of their legal rights.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English nu(i)sa(u)nce < Anglo-French, equivalent to nuis(er) to harm (≪ Latin nocēre) + -ance -ance
1375–1425; late Middle English nu(i)sa(u)nce < Anglo-French, equivalent to nuis(er) to harm (≪ Latin nocēre) + -ance -ance
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Nuisance
is always a great word to know.
So is several. Does it mean:
| binding two or more persons who may be sued separately on a common obligation |
| a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another |
Example Sentences
- Slugs and snails can be a severe nuisance.
- The disruptive child was a nuisance to the class.
- It was more of a nuisance than a serious health hazard.
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Word Origin & History
nuisance
c.1410, "injury, hurt, harm," from Anglo-Fr. nusaunce, from O.Fr. nuisance, from pp. stem of nuire "to harm," from L. nocere "to hurt" (see noxious). Sense has softened over time, to "anything obnoxious to a community" (bad smells, pests, eyesores), 1661, then "source of
EXPANDannoyance, something personally disagreeable" (1831). Applied to persons from 1695.
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