annoyancen.

Brit.

/əˈnɔɪəns/, U.S.

/əˈnɔɪəns/

Forms:

α. late Middle English–1500s anoyaunce, late Middle English–1600s annoyaunce, late Middle English–1600s anoyance, late Middle English– annoyance, 1500s adnoyance, 1500s adnoynce, 1500s annoiaunce, 1500s anoanse, 1500s anoiaunce, 1500s anoyans, 1500s innoyaunce, 1500s–1600s annoiance, 1500s–1600s anoiance, 1600s annoyeance.

β. late Middle English ennoyaunce.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French anoiance, ennuiance.

Etymology: < Middle French anoiance, anoyance, anuyance, annuyance, ennuiance (French ennuyance ) boredom, lassitude (12th cent. in Old French), irritation, frustration (14th cent.) < anoier , anuyer , enoyer , ennoyer to trouble, bore, irritate (see annoy v.) + -ance -ance suffix. Compare annuisance n., noyance n., and earlier annoy n.Specific forms. Forms in ad- may reflect reanalysis of the first syllable as a reduced form of ad- prefix, by confusion with a- prefix⁵. Forms in in- probably reflect association with formations in in- prefix³, although perhaps compare post-classical Latin inodio hatred, dislike, annoyance (see annoy n.). Sense development. With the sense development in English compare annoy v.

1. The action of annoying, troubling, disturbing, or injuring a person, animal, or thing. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > action of annoying or vexing

annoyingc1330

troublingc1340

displeasinga1387

noyance?a1400

irkingc1400

annoyancec1405

noyancy1414

vexing?a1425

annoyment1607

displeasanting1628

ruffling1647

gratinga1716

narking1894

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §1046 Nat to the anoyance [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 anoyaunce, c1440 Egerton 2726 anoysaunce, c1425 Petworth annoyance] of any man or womman.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. B.iii^v [The risen body] shall perce thorowe the stone walles without ony anoyaunce of them.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. i. 73 Looke after her, Remoue from her the meanes of all annoyance .

1768 G. White Let. 28 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 59 To secure those nests from the annoyance of shepherd-boys.

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 34 [Germanicus] having thus crippled their means of annoyance, returned to the Rhine.

1920 Farmers' Bull. No. 1102. 15 Its feeding on small mammals, its annoyance of young live stock.

1952 D. S. Freeman Washington V. i. 18 All the other intelligence indicated that the continued annoyance of the British by small parties..was make-believe warfare.

2. A person who or thing which annoys, troubles, or disturbs someone; a nuisance; (sometimes) †spec. something harmful or offensive to the public or to a member of it, for which there is a legal remedy; = noyance n. 3a (obsolete). Formerly also: †something which causes harm; an injury (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation > one who or that which annoys

noyera1382

annoyancec1405

offender?a1425

fretter?1504

traik1513

vexer1530

annoying1566

annoyer1577

plagueship1628

annoyancer1632

disobliger1648

nuisance1661

galler1674

bug1785

torment1785

botheration1801

nark1846

scunner1865

bother1866

botherer1869

crucifier1870

dinlo1873

bastard1919

skelf1927

dick1966

wazzock1976

knob jockey1989

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §656 Suffrance suffreth swetely alle the anoyaunces [c1440 Egerton 2726 anoysaunces, c1455 Rawl. Poet. 223 noissaunces, c1460 Rawl. Poet. 149 noiances] and þe wronges that men doon to man outward.

c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxix/2 The corupte sauours and lothsom innoyauncis caused by slaughter of bestis w^tin the Cyte.

a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 138 Casting Dirt, Sand, Ballast, or other anoyance into the Rivers or Streams.

1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. e3 The Kitchens may be..at hand, and yet not be an anoyance.

1754 Act 29 Geo. II c. 25 §12 All bad pavements and all annoyances, obstructions and encroachments, upon any of the public ways.

1859 Mrs. Schimmel-Penninck Princ. Beauty i. xi. §34 An intrusive annoyance, like a succession of trifling visitors when we need to be alone.

1895 Argosy Sept. 584/2 Any one who has ever dined in a hotel restaurant knows what an annoyance it is to wait an hour for the service of a meal.

1991 A. Brookner Closed Eye viii. 78 Lizzie Peckham was an annoyance, a distraction.

2009 Esquire Mar. 180/1 These, though, were minor annoyances.

3. The state or condition of feeling annoyed; the feeling of being irritated, discomfited, or made a little angry by someone or something. Formerly also: †the fact of being harmed; hurt, injury (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun]

annoy?c1225

noyancec1400

vexation?a1425

crabbingc1450

annoyance1502

grudging1530

vexation of spirit1535

fret1556

fashery1558

spitea1586

gall1591

molestation1598

annoyment1607

incommodation1664

vexednessa1670

tracasserie1715

incommodement1733

frettation1779

vex1815

balls-ache1938

sterks1941

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation

thornc1230

dreicha1275

painc1375

cumbrance1377

diseasec1386

a hair in one's necka1450

molestationc1460

incommodity?a1475

melancholya1475

ensoigne1477

annoyance1502

traik1513

incommode1518

corsie1548

eyesore1548

fashery1558

cross1573

spite1577

corrosive1578

wasp1588

cumber1589

infliction1590

gall1591

distaste1602

plague1604

rub1642

disaccommodation1645

disgust1654

annoyment1659

bogle1663

rubber1699

noyancea1715

chagrins1716

ruffle1718

fasha1796

nuisance1814

vex1815

drag1857

bugbear1880

nark1918

pain in the neck (also arse, bum, etc.)1933

sod1940

chizz1953

1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. vii. sig. f.i Hauynge synne in hate, in anoyaunce.

1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 25 The annoyance and trouble of mind [will] infuse it selfe into all the faculties..of the body.

1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 589 The greatest Annoyance, and Disturbance of Mankind, has been from one of these Two things, Force, or Fraud.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 20. ⁋2 He..stands upon a Hassock..to the great Annoyance of the devoutest Part of the Auditory.

1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. xi. 291 Impatience of her chilly ceremony, and annoyance at her want of aplomb.

1989 R. Stannard Time & Space Uncle Albert (1990) il. 41 ‘Oh bother,’ she said in annoyance.

2019 J. Boakye Black, Listed 191 The vague annoyance I always feel when do-gooding super-philanthropists sit astride their moral high horses.

Phrases

Jury of Annoyance n. now historical a jury appointed by the Court of Burgesses in Westminster to examine into and report on public nuisances (nuisance n. 2a); (also occasionally) a similar jury elsewhere.The Westminster jury was appointed twice a year, in October and April. It was abolished by the Annoyance Jurors (Westminster) Act of 1861.

ΚΠ

1745 Old Eng. 31 Aug. Last Wednesday the Jury of Annoyance..for the City and Liberty of Westminster, went on a Survey.

1754 Act 29 Geo. II c. 25 §12 The Jury of Annoyance..shall..enquire into..all bad pavements and all annoyances, obstructions and encroachments, upon any of the public ways.

1786 J. Trusler London Adviser & Guide 35 Such [weights and measures] as are not so, may be destroyed by the jury of annoyance.

1893 Sat. Rev. 1 July 10/2 Macaw and manslaughter, crime and canary-bird, should go together in the code, and be tried by a jury of annoyance.

1971 G. Rudé Hanoverian London vii. 127 As a Court, they also appointed the constables and scavengers, the Leet Jury, the Jury of Annoyance, and the Wardmote or Christmas Jury.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	annoyance
释义	annoyancen. Brit. /əˈnɔɪəns/, U.S. /əˈnɔɪəns/ Forms: α. late Middle English–1500s anoyaunce, late Middle English–1600s annoyaunce, late Middle English–1600s anoyance, late Middle English– annoyance, 1500s adnoyance, 1500s adnoynce, 1500s annoiaunce, 1500s anoanse, 1500s anoiaunce, 1500s anoyans, 1500s innoyaunce, 1500s–1600s annoiance, 1500s–1600s anoiance, 1600s annoyeance. β. late Middle English ennoyaunce. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French anoiance, ennuiance. Etymology: < Middle French anoiance, anoyance, anuyance, annuyance, ennuiance (French ennuyance ) boredom, lassitude (12th cent. in Old French), irritation, frustration (14th cent.) < anoier , anuyer , enoyer , ennoyer to trouble, bore, irritate (see annoy v.) + -ance -ance suffix. Compare annuisance n., noyance n., and earlier annoy n.Specific forms. Forms in ad- may reflect reanalysis of the first syllable as a reduced form of ad- prefix, by confusion with a- prefix⁵. Forms in in- probably reflect association with formations in in- prefix³, although perhaps compare post-classical Latin inodio hatred, dislike, annoyance (see annoy n.). Sense development. With the sense development in English compare annoy v. 1. The action of annoying, troubling, disturbing, or injuring a person, animal, or thing. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > action of annoying or vexing annoyingc1330 troublingc1340 displeasinga1387 noyance?a1400 irkingc1400 annoyancec1405 noyancy1414 vexing?a1425 annoyment1607 displeasanting1628 ruffling1647 gratinga1716 narking1894 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §1046 Nat to the anoyance [c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 anoyaunce, c1440 Egerton 2726 anoysaunce, c1425 Petworth annoyance] of any man or womman. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. B.iii^v [The risen body] shall perce thorowe the stone walles without ony anoyaunce of them. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) v. i. 73 Looke after her, Remoue from her the meanes of all annoyance . View more context for this quotation 1768 G. White Let. 28 Nov. in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 59 To secure those nests from the annoyance of shepherd-boys. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire V. xlii. 34 [Germanicus] having thus crippled their means of annoyance, returned to the Rhine. 1920 Farmers' Bull. No. 1102. 15 Its feeding on small mammals, its annoyance of young live stock. 1952 D. S. Freeman Washington V. i. 18 All the other intelligence indicated that the continued annoyance of the British by small parties..was make-believe warfare. 2. A person who or thing which annoys, troubles, or disturbs someone; a nuisance; (sometimes) †spec. something harmful or offensive to the public or to a member of it, for which there is a legal remedy; = noyance n. 3a (obsolete). Formerly also: †something which causes harm; an injury (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation > one who or that which annoys noyera1382 annoyancec1405 offender?a1425 fretter?1504 traik1513 vexer1530 annoying1566 annoyer1577 plagueship1628 annoyancer1632 disobliger1648 nuisance1661 galler1674 bug1785 torment1785 botheration1801 nark1846 scunner1865 bother1866 botherer1869 crucifier1870 dinlo1873 bastard1919 skelf1927 dick1966 wazzock1976 knob jockey1989 c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Ellesmere) (1877) §656 Suffrance suffreth swetely alle the anoyaunces [c1440 Egerton 2726 anoysaunces, c1455 Rawl. Poet. 223 noissaunces, c1460 Rawl. Poet. 149 noiances] and þe wronges that men doon to man outward. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xxix/2 The corupte sauours and lothsom innoyauncis caused by slaughter of bestis w^tin the Cyte. a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) iii. 138 Casting Dirt, Sand, Ballast, or other anoyance into the Rivers or Streams. 1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. e3 The Kitchens may be..at hand, and yet not be an anoyance. 1754 Act 29 Geo. II c. 25 §12 All bad pavements and all annoyances, obstructions and encroachments, upon any of the public ways. 1859 Mrs. Schimmel-Penninck Princ. Beauty i. xi. §34 An intrusive annoyance, like a succession of trifling visitors when we need to be alone. 1895 Argosy Sept. 584/2 Any one who has ever dined in a hotel restaurant knows what an annoyance it is to wait an hour for the service of a meal. 1991 A. Brookner Closed Eye viii. 78 Lizzie Peckham was an annoyance, a distraction. 2009 Esquire Mar. 180/1 These, though, were minor annoyances. 3. The state or condition of feeling annoyed; the feeling of being irritated, discomfited, or made a little angry by someone or something. Formerly also: †the fact of being harmed; hurt, injury (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] annoy?c1225 noyancec1400 vexation?a1425 crabbingc1450 annoyance1502 grudging1530 vexation of spirit1535 fret1556 fashery1558 spitea1586 gall1591 molestation1598 annoyment1607 incommodation1664 vexednessa1670 tracasserie1715 incommodement1733 frettation1779 vex1815 balls-ache1938 sterks1941 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation thornc1230 dreicha1275 painc1375 cumbrance1377 diseasec1386 a hair in one's necka1450 molestationc1460 incommodity?a1475 melancholya1475 ensoigne1477 annoyance1502 traik1513 incommode1518 corsie1548 eyesore1548 fashery1558 cross1573 spite1577 corrosive1578 wasp1588 cumber1589 infliction1590 gall1591 distaste1602 plague1604 rub1642 disaccommodation1645 disgust1654 annoyment1659 bogle1663 rubber1699 noyancea1715 chagrins1716 ruffle1718 fasha1796 nuisance1814 vex1815 drag1857 bugbear1880 nark1918 pain in the neck (also arse, bum, etc.)1933 sod1940 chizz1953 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) i. vii. sig. f.i Hauynge synne in hate, in anoyaunce. 1644 J. Milton Doctr. Divorce (ed. 2) 25 The annoyance and trouble of mind [will] infuse it selfe into all the faculties..of the body. 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 589 The greatest Annoyance, and Disturbance of Mankind, has been from one of these Two things, Force, or Fraud. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 20. ⁋2 He..stands upon a Hassock..to the great Annoyance of the devoutest Part of the Auditory. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. xi. 291 Impatience of her chilly ceremony, and annoyance at her want of aplomb. 1989 R. Stannard Time & Space Uncle Albert (1990) il. 41 ‘Oh bother,’ she said in annoyance. 2019 J. Boakye Black, Listed 191 The vague annoyance I always feel when do-gooding super-philanthropists sit astride their moral high horses. Phrases Jury of Annoyance n. now historical a jury appointed by the Court of Burgesses in Westminster to examine into and report on public nuisances (nuisance n. 2a); (also occasionally) a similar jury elsewhere.The Westminster jury was appointed twice a year, in October and April. It was abolished by the Annoyance Jurors (Westminster) Act of 1861. ΚΠ 1745 Old Eng. 31 Aug. Last Wednesday the Jury of Annoyance..for the City and Liberty of Westminster, went on a Survey. 1754 Act 29 Geo. II c. 25 §12 The Jury of Annoyance..shall..enquire into..all bad pavements and all annoyances, obstructions and encroachments, upon any of the public ways. 1786 J. Trusler London Adviser & Guide 35 Such [weights and measures] as are not so, may be destroyed by the jury of annoyance. 1893 Sat. Rev. 1 July 10/2 Macaw and manslaughter, crime and canary-bird, should go together in the code, and be tried by a jury of annoyance. 1971 G. Rudé Hanoverian London vii. 127 As a Court, they also appointed the constables and scavengers, the Leet Jury, the Jury of Annoyance, and the Wardmote or Christmas Jury. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.c1405
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