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annoyn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French anoie, ennoi. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman anoie, anoye, anuy, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French anui, annui, Old French, annoi, Old French, Middle French anoi, anoy, variants of Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French enuie, ennuie (feminine), Anglo-Norman and Old French ennoi, enui, Anglo-Norman and Middle French ennuy, Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French ennui (French ennui ), Middle French ennoy (masculine) deep sadness, grief, disgust, annoyance, torment (all 12th cent.), lassitude of spirit, lack of enjoyment (13th cent.: see ennui n.) < ennuyer annoy v. Compare annoy v. and later noy n.1Compare Old Occitan enoi, enueg, ennut, ennui (masculine), enoja, nueja (feminine), Catalan enuig (13th cent.), Spanish enojo (13th cent.; earlier as †enoyo), Portuguese nojo (13th cent.), enojo (15th cent.). Now archaic and rare (chiefly poetic). the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] ?c1225 (?a1200) (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 275 Þe þridde bitternesse is ilongung towart heouene ant iþe an nu [c1230 Corpus ennu, a1250 Nero anui] of þis worlt. c1300 (Harl. 2277) (1845) l. 1616 Ich have ibeo in anuy. a1325 (c1280) (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 2028 (MED) As ȝe goþ in anny Aboute and sori beoþ. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Psalms cxviii. 28 Mi soule nappide for anoye [1611 King James melteth for heauiness]. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine f. ciiijv/1 And deyed in grete myserye of Annoye. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1960) xi. iv. 54 I mycht haue ȝald this sawle full of ennoy. 1590 E. Spenser i. vi. sig. F1v The lad n'ould after ioy, But pynd away in anguish and selfe wild annoy. a1649 W. Drummond (1711) 32/2 Sur-charg'd with Grief, fraught with Annoy. 1675 T. Brooks 206 His Cross our Comfort; his annoy, our endless joy. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in 89 After past Annoy, To take the good Vicissitude of Joy. 1732 Jan. 580/1 While fearless of annoy, Her young belov'd enjoy, Protection, food, and sweet repose. 1870 R. W. Emerson 272 He had better..have been defeated, than give her a moment's annoy. 1872 J. S. Blackie 121 A student toiling with annoy Through long dry tomes. 1915 I. Rosenberg 15 Masqued in a giant wrong of cruel annoy. 1987 J. Barth (1988) 89 Indeed Allah and the Most High had changed their annoy into joy. the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > annoyance or vexation c1300 St. Katherine (Harl.) l. 290 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 542 Echman þat haueþ mone In eni neode oþer anuy. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 239 [In the triumph] þis onnuy [L. molestiam] he hadde: a cherle was wiþ hym in his chare. c1422 T. Hoccleve Tale of Jerelaus (Durh.) in (1970) i. 176 He seeth the griefs and annoyes of the soule. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour (Adv.) iii. 551 Auenturis that thaim befell, And gret anoyis. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1957) i. Contents The secund buke schawis the finale ennoy, The gret myscheif and subuersioun of Troy. 1597 W. Shakespeare v. v. 105 Good angels guard thee from the bores annoy . View more context for this quotation 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in (1672) 42 The benefit of removing such annoies out of sight. 1654 tr. M. Martini 85 Wherefore being secure from any annoy from that side..they entred the Metropolitan City. 1734 R. Erskine (ed. 4) iii. ii. 139 My Life's a Pleasure and a Pain, a real Loss, a real Gain, A glorious Paradise of Joys, A grievous Prison of Annoys. 1827 J. Keble II. liii. 10 A newborn soul..yet wrapt in earth's annoy. 1939 E. N. Stone tr. Ambrose Hist. Holy War xxix, in i. 61 Many a great annoy had they or ever they reached their tents again. Phrasesthe world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > harass [verb (transitive)] the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed [verb (intransitive)] > cause annoyance or vexation c1300 St. Matthew (Laud) l. 77 in C. Horstmann (1887) 79 (MED) Huy neuereft cristine Men non a-nuy ne wrouȝte. c1400 (?a1300) (Laud) (1952) l. 6107 (MED) Horsman non..Ne miȝtten comen þe toun neiȝe, To greuen hem ne don ennoye [a1425 Linc. Inn anoye]. ?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 37 Writyng also dothe grete annoies thre. a1500 (?c1450) 191 The heete that dide hem grete anoye. 1587 M. Kyffin sig. B2v A Sured Signe, whome God protects to Ioy, No lurking Ev'l, can thereto worke Annoy. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy xxxii. xxi. 822 The Romane navie by sea shall..do us all annoy. 1640 sig. G8 I was content to suffer many a fear..'till at length a boy, Disgrace to manhood, wrought my sad annoy. 1719 in T. D'Urfey IV. 269 Whose Folly wrought her dire annoy. 1774 J. Beattie xxxvi. 19 Ere victory and empire wrought annoy. 1813 Ld. Byron i. v. 133 Much I misdoubt this wayward boy Will one day work me more annoy. 1898 T. W. Arnold tr. St. Francis xix. 59 The multitude of rats, that did him exceeding great annoy. 1922 F. D. Halsey & A. C. M. Azoy 20 For Justice now has seen the light, and wrought thy team annoy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). annoyv. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French anoier, ennuyer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman anuer, annuer, annuier, Anglo-Norman and Middle French anoier, Middle French anuiier, anoyer, anuyer, variants of Anglo-Norman ennoier, enuer, Old French enoier, Old French, Middle French ennuyer (French ennuyer ) to bother, harass, trouble, to bore, irritate, weary (someone), to be troublesome, (reflexive) to feel irritation with, be tired of (all 12th cent.), to harm, injure (13th cent.), apparently < post-classical Latin inodiare (Vetus Latina, rare) < the classical Latin phrase in odiō (in e.g. est mihi in odiō ‘it is hateful to me;’ < in (see in prep.) + odiō , ablative of odium odium n.). Compare earlier annoy n. and later noy v.Compare Old Occitan enojar , enuiar , Catalan enutjar (14th cent.), Spanish enojar (13th cent.; also in 13th cent. as enoyar ), Portuguese enojar (14th cent.), enjoar (15th cent.; both in the sense ‘to disgust, sicken’), Italian annoiare (a1374). In senses of branch II. probably reinforced by association with Anglo-Norman anuire to hurt, harm (see annuisance n.). I. Senses relating to feelings of worry, weariness, or irritation. †1. the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (transitive)] > be fearful for c1275 Kentish Serm. in J. Hall (1920) I. 215 Herodes i herde þet o king was i bore þet solde bi king of geus, swo was michel anud. c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon (Otho) (1963) 1130 Corineus was anued [c1275 un-eðe] and wo on his mode. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham (1902) 35 Ȝef he [sc. the confessor] þe schel anoye aȝt, Hyt wyle of-þenche hym sore; And oþer-wyl anoye he mot,..Ase mot þe leche..Wanne he royneþ þe felþe. c1400 (Selwyn) (1904) i. 6 (MED) To ȝelde trybulacyoun to þilke þat anuyeþ [L. tribulant] ȝou. c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry (1914) 18 (MED) Þou erte anoyede eftire many thynges and turment, if þou hafe thaym noghte. 1485 W. Caxton tr. (1957) 30 Whereof he was sore ennoyed in hym self. c1550 (1830) iii. l. 238 He that with melancholie was anoyit. c1616 R. C. (1871) vii. 2950 The thing, for which he erst was soe anoyde. the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > be or become confused [verb (intransitive)] the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > be worried [verb (intransitive)] the mind > emotion > fear > nervousness or uneasiness > be nervous or uneasy [verb (intransitive)] > be uneasy ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. iv. l. 1058 If þat þou anoie nat or forþenke nat of al þi fortune. a1460 tr. (Helm.) (1999) 123 (MED) A man of feble courage annoyeth lightly of that thinge that he loueth. 2. a. To cause (a person or, in later use also, animal) to become irritated, exasperated, or mildly angry; to be a source of irritation, exasperation, or displeasure to (a person or animal). Now the main sense.the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > quality of affecting the emotions > affect with emotion [verb (transitive)] > cause or give rise to an emotion the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed by [verb (transitive)] > annoy or vex c1300 Judas Iscariot (Harl.) l. 79 in F. J. Furnivall (1862) 109 (MED) Þis gode man was anuyed of þis liþer answere. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 9976 King philip was anuyd þor alle þing þat þer nas of him word non, bote al of richard þe king. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxii. 16 Be thou not anoied by his foly. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Gough) (1905) 35 (MED) God ys euer anyed wyth pryde. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides ii. viii. f. lviiv The citezeins were molested & anoyed by the great quantyte and dyuersyte of grosse moueables, whyche those that were retyred into the cytie had brought thider. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. i. 182 She will not be annoy'd with suters. View more context for this quotation a1645 W. Laud (1695) xxv. 258 Mr. Attorney asked me, why I would not shew my self more against those Brew-Houses, being more annoyed by them than any other? 1773 (Royal Soc.) 64 201 They..are greatly..annoyed by a large dipterous insect. 1885 26 Feb. 4/2 We have been greatly annoyed of late by a lot of tin horn gamblers and prostitutes. 1960 C. Day Lewis i. 28 Wasps and bees only sting..when they are annoyed. 1972 K. Tynan 20 Nov. (1994) vii. 532 Annoyed by the lax service, they began to bang the table and call for the manager. 2010 S. Fry 370 The cool long-haired boys..were seriously annoyed by the success of Dark Side of the Moon. ?c1335 in W. Heuser (1904) 170 Moch me anueþ, Þat mi dribil druiþ And mi wrot wet. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Ellesmere) (1875) l. 1036 No thyng anoyeth me To lene a man a noble or two or thre. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich l. l. 324 Ȝif I wiste my lord not forto Anoye. 1539 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman 21 Jan. (1902) II. 168 The said bishop..contynually studyeth and maligneth, howe he might annoye or greve hym. 1613 S. Purchas vi. i. 466 The Libard is not hurtfull to men except they annoy him: but killeth and eateth Dogges. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius 260 Their Inhabitants had water'd the Streets, which being not pav'd,..the dust had otherwise..annoy'd us. 1712 J. Addison No. 441. ¶2 Every Thing that is capable of annoying or offending us. 1743 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras (ed. 3) II. xvii. 104 He did not want good-will to annoy Elizabeth. 1808 C. K. Sharpe (1888) I. 336 How it annoyed me to behold Belvidera guzzle boiled beef and mustard. 1855 T. B. Macaulay III. 532 He felt some..vindictive pleasure in annoying those who had cruelly annoyed him. 1934 J. B. Priestley xi That this paragraph will annoy the typical citizen of Hull, who prides himself upon being a plain and downright fellow, I have no doubt. 2000 U. Izundu in C. Newland & K. Sesay 371 I shouted, dumping my bag next to the staircase, which I knew annoyed the hell out of him. 2004 S. Webb (2007) 90 If you know what's good for you, you'll get out right now, Callum and stop annoying me. a1375 (c1350) (1867) l. 4373 Anoie þe na more..ne to hire do no duresse. a1425 (?a1300) (Linc. Inn) (1952) l. 870 Nicolas him anoyed Wiþ wraþthe to Alisaundre he saide [etc.]. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville (Cambr.) (1869) 41 (MED) Goode freend..annye thee nouht. the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > be annoyed or vexed [verb (intransitive)] > cause annoyance or vexation 1848 C. Brontë 2 Nov. (2000) II. 132 She is a real stoic in illness, she neither seeks nor will accept sympathy; to put any question, to offer any aid is to annoy. 1865 ‘L. Carroll’ (1867) vi. 85 He only does it [sc. sneezes] to annoy, Because he knows it teases. 1995 (Automobile Assoc.) Summer 37/2 The foot-operated parking brake continues to annoy, but the automatic's P (parking) slot makes it less troublesome. 2004 S. Grafton (2005) ix. 87 Smokers listen to these prissy-ass complaints as though the charges were trumped up simply to annoy and offend. the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > be displeased with [verb (transitive)] > displease c1300 (Laud) (1868) l. 1734 Þat is þe storie for to lenge, It wolde anuye þis fayre genge. c1300 Holy Cross (Laud) l. 166 in C. Horstmann (1887) 6 (MED) Of is lijf he was a-nuyd [c1390 Vernon a-nuyȝed] and wolde beo ded wel fawe. c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Cor. i. 8 It anoyȝede [a1425 L.V. anoiede] vs, ȝhe, for to lyue. c1440 (?c1350) in G. G. Perry (1914) 18 And sythen when þou has þam at þi will, þan erte þou of thaa thynges annoyede. c1450 tr. G. Deguileville (Cambr.) (1869) 76 With oute jnterualle alle thing enoyeth bothe the faire weder and thilke of reyn. a1492 W. Caxton tr. (1495) i. i. f. vi/2 He was ennoyed to contynue his prayers. a1500 ( (Egerton) (1953) iv. i. f. 56v (MED) To avoyde hire hevynesse..thei pley as ofte tymes as thei be anoyed. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara (1546) sig. K.ij Ye all are anoyed and wery of all goodnes. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > do harm [verb (intransitive)] 1340 (1866) 162 (MED) Þe oþre byeþ to huam þet þe wordle anoyþ uor þe perils..huerof hi is al uol. ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. met. v. l. 538 Ne þe forsweryng ne þe fraude..ne a-noyeþ not to schrewes. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (2003) §31 As Moththes in the Shepes flees anoyeþ [c1415 Corpus Oxf. annoyeþ, c1425 Petworth annoyen] to the clothes..so anoyeth [c1425 Petworth annoieþ, c1415 Lansd. anoyþe] sorwe to the herte. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve (Harl. 4866) (1897) 225 (MED) Salamon seiþ..as motthes to a cloþe annoyen, [etc.]. II. Senses relating to causing harm, injury, or damage. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict a1325 (c1280) (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 2338 (MED) Ȝif hi drinkeþ dedlich þing, hit ne shal ham nouȝt anuye. a1425 (Lansd.) (1902) 32 (MED) Yef it be priue sinne þat wille a-noy þe saul. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich (1913) II. l. 9594 (MED) Hurt and anoyed was many a man. 1563 B. Googe sig. I.iv This Tygre vs anoyes, And cruellye hath spoyled vs, of all our wonted ioyes. 1607 E. Topsell 684 Infested and annoied with lice. 1831 20 Aug. 408 They [sc. the slaves]..are continually struck and annoyed by the régisseur with a ‘martinet en peau’. society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > harm or injure with attacks c1380 (1879) l. 364 (MED) Wyþ my werres y haue a-nyed muche of cristendome, & spayne..y haue distryed. a1500 (?a1400) (Harl. 3909) (1926) l. 522 (MED) Prestes..tolden quat lond was risyng, the empir of Rome to any [rhyme destrie]. c1540 (?a1400) (2002) f. 105 Theseus..the troiens anoyet. 1552 King Edward VI (1966) (modernized text) 154 To stop the Emperor's provision, to annoy his camp, and to take up the stragglers in the army. 1587 A. Fleming 2nd Table Hist. Brit. & Eng. sig. Biiv/3, in (new ed.) II He passeth into Denmarke to subdue the Vandals & Swedeners that annoied his land. 1667 J. Milton vi. 369 Nor stood unmindful Abdiel to annoy The Atheist crew. View more context for this quotation 1706 10 June 4/1 The Briganteen..was designed to be fitted out at Port-Royal, to be a Privateer to annoy this Coast. 1794 Ld. Nelson in (1845) I. 368 The works on the hills would annoy the Town. 1883 XVI. xiv. 440 The absence of any good bombproof was likely to give an invading force means of annoying the garrison. 1922 B. T. Marshall I. vi. 130 A pirate called Dixy Bull, who had for some time annoyed the coast with petty depredation. 1997 G. J. W. Urwin xxv. 444 As long as Japanese carriers were within range, their pilots would hone their skills by annoying the garrison. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (1874) l. 875 It doth no good to my wit but anoyeth [c1465 Barlow noyeth]. a1425 (c1395) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xi. 9 Thei schulen not anoye [E.V. a1382 Douce 369(1) noȝen]..in al myn hooli hil. c1450 tr. Palladius (Bodl. Add.) ii. l. 163 Yf Est or southeryn wyndes nought enaye [?1440 Duke Humfrey enuye]. 1789 W. Blake School-boy in How can a child when fears annoy, But droop his tender wing, and forget his youthful spring. †8. the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > hinder in specific manner [verb (transitive)] > by interference c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer (Hengwrt) (1871) l. 492 The foure Spiritz of tempest That power han tanoyen [c1415 Lansd. to anoyen] lond and See. tr. Palladius (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iv. l. 131 The molde & other suche as diggeth lowe, Anoy hem not. 1573 T. Tusser f. 48v The Fen & the quamere,..which yerely vndrayned..annoyeth the meddowes, that there on do but. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons 105 A Garden anoy'd with this plague. 1708 Procl. in No. 4453/2 So as to Annoy the Haling of Sayns in the usual Baiting Places. 1721 J. Perry 116 To annoy or choak the Harbour by any Drift. 1791 49 The Trees, are lying in a shameful manner..; Annoying the land and the River. 1879 G. F. Jackson 499 That theer bit o' roche 'as annoyed my spade. the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > affect with type of pain [verb (transitive)] > irritate 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie ii. iv. f. 125v Walnutts be hurtful to the Memory, and so are Onyons, because they annoy the eyes wyth a dazeling dymnes. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 67 Thornes that would annoy our Foot. View more context for this quotation 1620 T. Venner Introd. 11 Them that haue their lungs annoyed with much moisture. 1642 T. Taylor i. i. xv. 42 The poysoned stinke and savour whereof so annoyed his stomacke that he never left vomiting. 1728 S. Croxall tr. Æsop (new ed.) cxxvi. 230 With their little Stings, they so annoy'd his Eyes and Nostrils. 1879 J. Hutchinson I. vii. 106 In boyhood the change from summer to winter clothing always annoyed his skin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). <  n.?c1225 v.c1275 |
