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▪ I. annoy, n.|əˈnɔɪ|
Forms: 3 anui, 4 anuy(e, onnuy, 4–6 anoy(e, 4–7 annoye, 5 annoi, 6–7 annoie, 6– annoy.
[a. OFr. anoi, anui, enoi, enui (mod. ennui), cogn. w. Sp. enojo, OSp. enoyo (Pg. and OIt. nojo), Pr. enoi, enuoi, OCat. enutg, OVenet. inodio, originating, according to Diez, in the L. phrase in odio, as est mihi in odio ‘it is to me hateful,’ whence inodio was at length taken as n. ‘hatred, dislike, annoyance’: see Diez and Littré. The n was subsequently doubled in Fr. and Eng. by form-assoc. with compounds like en-noble, an-nounce; the aphet. form noi, noy (cf. noisome) helping in Eng. to encourage an erroneous analysis of the word as a-noy, whence an-noy. ennoy, after Fr., is occasional in 15–16th c. (Now mostly poetic, annoyance being the common prose equivalent.)]
1. A mental state akin to pain arising from the involuntary reception of impressions, or subjection to circumstances, which one dislikes; disturbed or ruffled feeling; discomfort, vexation, trouble. In earlier times often = mod.Fr. ennui; in later usage expressing more active feeling of discomfort.
c1230Ancr. R. 374 Þe þridde bitternesse is ine longunge touward heouene, & in þe anui of þisse worlde. c1300Beket 1618 Ich have ibeo in anuy. 1388Wyclif Ps. cxix. 28 Mi soule nappide for anoye [1611 melteth for heauiness]. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 104/3 And deyed in grete myserye of Annoye. 1534Ld. Berners Gold. Bk. M. Aurel. (1546) E e, They haue..greate annoy of theyr heyres. 1596Spenser F.Q. i. vi. 17 The lad n'ould after joy; But pynd away in anguish and selfe-wild annoy. 1675T. Brooks Gold. Key Wks. 1867 V. 147 His cross our comfort; his annoy our endless joy. 1700Dryden Pal. & Arc. iii. 1111 After past annoy To take the good Vicissitude of joy. 1812W. Taylor in Month. Rev. LXVII. 143 His ennui amounted to annoy. 1870Emerson Soc. & Solit. xi. 243 He had better..have been defeated, than give her a moment's annoy. 1872Blackie Lays of Highl. 121 A student toiling with annoy Through long dry tomes.
b. phr. to work († do) annoy: to cause discomfort or trouble, to molest. arch.
a1420Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1016 Writyng also dothe grete annoies thre. c1450Merlin xiii. 191 The heete that dide hem grete anoye. 1600Holland Livy xxxii. xxi. 822 The Romane navie by sea shall..do us all annoy. 1768Beattie Minstr. ii. xxxvii, Ere victory and empire wrought annoy. 1813Byron Br. Abydos i. v, Much I misdoubt this wayward boy Will one day work me more annoy.
2. That which causes the above feeling; a troubling thing, circumstance, or action; annoyance.
c1305E.E.P. (1862) 97 Ech man þat haueþ mone In enie neode oþer anuy. 1375Barbour Bruce iii. 16 Auenturis that thaim befell, And gret anoyis. 1387Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. I. 239 [In the triumph] þis onnuy he hadde: a cherle was wiþ hym in his chare. 1594Shakes. Rich. III, v. iii. 156 Good Angels guard thee from the Boares annoy. 1624Wotton Arch. (1672) 42 The benefit of removing such annoies out of sight. 1827Keble Chr. Year 3rd S. Trin., A newborn soul..yet wrapt in earth's annoy.
▪ II. annoy, v.|əˈnɔɪ|
Forms: 3–4 anue, -uie, -uye, 4 anye, anuyȝe, 4–7 anoie, -oye, annoie, -oye, 5– annoy. Also aphetized to noy, and written after Fr. ennoy.
[a. OFr. anuie-r, enuier, anoier, enoier, cogn. w. Pr. enuiar, enoiar, Sp. enojar, It. annoiare, pointing to a common Romanic inodiāre (found in OIt.), f. inodio: see prec. For spelling with double n, see an- prefix 6.]
†1. intr. To be hateful, odious, offensive, or a cause of trouble (to, or with dat.) Obs.
c1340Ayenb. 162 To huam þet þe wordle anoyþ uor þe perils..huerof hi is al uol. c1374Chaucer Boeth. i. v, Ne þe forsweryng ne þe fraude..ne a-noyeþ not to schrewes. c1386― Melib. 31 As Motthes in the shepes flees anoyeth [v.r. annoyeþ, -oyen] to the clothes..so anoyeth [v.r. annoieþ, anoyþe] sorwe to the herte.
†2. trans. To be hateful or distasteful to; to trouble, irk, bore, weary. (= Fr. ennuyer.) In passive const. w. of. Obs.
a1300Havelok 1734 Þat is þe storie for to lenge, It wolde anuye þis fayre genge. a1300Leg. Rood (1871) 20 Of is lif he was anuyd [v.r. anuyȝed]. a1400Rel. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 17 And sythen when þou has þam at þi will, þan erte þou of thaa thynges annoyede. 1534Ld. Berners Gold Bk. M. Aurel (1546) K ij, Ye all are anoyed and wery of all goodnes.
†b. impers. it annoys me..: it irks me. Obs. rare.
1382Wyclif 2 Cor. i. 8 It anoyȝede [1388 anoiede] vs, ȝhe, for to lyue. 1388― Numb. xxi. 4 It bigan to anoye the puple of the weie and trauel. c1386Chaucer Can. Yeom. Prol. & T. 483 No thyng anoyeth me To lene a man a noble or two or thre.
3. trans. To affect (a person) in a way that disturbs his equanimity, hurts his susceptibilities, or causes slight irritation. (Refers to the feeling produced, rather than to the action producing it; hence commonest in the passive to be annoyed: to be ruffled in mind, troubled, vexed.)
1250Lay. 2259 Corineus nas anued [1205 un-eðe]. And wo on his mode. 1297R. Glouc. 487 King Philip was anuyd..That ther nas of him word non, bote al of Richard the king. c1315Shoreham 36 Ȝef he the schel anoye aȝt, Hyt wyle of-thenche hym sore. c1450Lonelich Grail l. 324 Ȝif I wiste my lord not forto anoye. 1596Shakes. Tam. Shr. i. i. 189 She will not be annoy'd with suters. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle vii. 3156 Soe overioyde That through excesse therof he is annoide. 1743Tindal Rapin's Hist. VII. xvii. 104 He did not want good-will to annoy Elizabeth. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 532 He felt some..vindictive pleasure in annoying those who had cruelly annoyed him.
†b. to be annoyed after or for: to worry about, be anxious for. Obs. rare.
a1400Rel. Pieces fr. Thornton MS. 17 Þou erte anoyede eftire many thynges, and turment if þou hafe thaym noghte. 1616R. C. Times' Whistle vii. 2949 The thing, for which he erst was soe anoyde.
†c. refl. To vex oneself, take offence, grieve. Obs.
c1300K. Alis. 876 Nicolas him anoyed: With wraththe to Alisaundre he saide.
†d. intr. (refl. pron. omitted.) Obs.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. iv. 41 If þat þou anoie nat or forþenke nat of al þi fortune. a1555Latimer Serm. & Rem. 332 To profit with learning, with ignorance not to annoy.
4. By transf. to the objective means: To molest, injure, hurt, harm; now esp. in military use.
c1380Sir. Ferumb. 364 Wyþ my werres y haue a-nyed muche of cristendome. c1400Destr. Troy xv. 6790 Theseus..the troiens anoyet. 1593Shakes. Hen. VI, iii. i. 67 Thornes that would annoy our Foot. 1607Topsell Four-footed Beasts 530 Infested and annoyed with Lice. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 369 Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoy The atheist crew. 1759Martin Nat. Hist. I. 41 A gallant Saxon, who annoyed this Coast. 1794Nelson in Nicolas Disp. (1845) I. 368 The works on the hills would annoy the Town.
b. absol.
1382Wyclif Is. xi. 9 Thei shuln not noȝen [1388 anoye]..in al myn hoeli mounteyn. c1420Pallad. on Husb. ii. 163 Yf Est or southeryn wyndes nought enaye. 1764Goldsm. Trav. 338 But foster'd e'en by Freedom, ills annoy. 1789–94W. Blake School Boy 18 How can a child, when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing?
†5. To affect (a thing) in a way which interferes with its proper action; to interfere with detrimentally, affect injuriously. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Man of Law's T. 394 Who badde foure spiritz of tempest..Anoyen [v.r. annoyeþ] neyther londe, see, ne tree? c1420Pallad. on Husb. iv. 131 The molde, and other suche as diggeth lowe, Anoie hem not. 1596Spenser F.Q. ii. vii. 15 Mucky filth his [the stream's] braunching armes annoyes. 1642T. Taylor God's Judgem. i. i. xv. 42 The poysoned stinke and savour whereof so annoyed his stomacke that he never left vomiting. 1708Procl. in Lond. Gaz. mmmmcccclii/2 So as to Annoy the Haling of Sayns in the usual Baiting Places. 1721J. Perry Daggenh. Breach 116 To annoy or choak the Harbour by any Drift. |