† unnoyingadj.
Obsolete.
Not causing offence or annoyance; harmless.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless
unshathyOE
unbalefulOE
unscathefulc1175
unscathelya1400
unscathing1437
unnoyingc1440
unshendingc1450
unnoyous1483
harmless1533
unharmful1538
unhurtful1549
dintless1558
white1567
offenceless1581
inoffensive1598
unhurting1613
illaesive1628
innocuous1631
unmalignant1633
innoxious1638
inobnoxious1659
unvenomous1659
innocent1662
unafflictinga1711
unmolesting1767
fangless1790
unharming1796
woundless1796
uninjurious1809
uninjuring1820
unmischievous1821
scarless1823
boltless1832
inoffending1853
defanged1920
non-injury1926
anodyne1933
declawed1945
c1440 (?a1400) W. Nassington Tractus (Thornton) l. 71 in G. G. Perry Relig. Pieces in Prose & Verse (1914) 65 The noyeand [creatures], þou made vs for to chasty..The vnnoyeand, to sustayne vs and fede.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 86v Vn Noying, innocens [etc.].
Derivatives
unnoyingness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > safety > [noun] > safety or lack of risk or harm
underingnessa1300
unnoyingnessa1500
unhurtfulness1549
harmlessness1596
safeness1607
inoffensiveness1641
innocuousness1644
innocency1665
innoxiousness1667
safety1689
undangerousness1817
innocence1828
dangerlessnessa1834
innocuity1855
uninjuriousness1860
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) vii. §9. 26 Deme me lord..eftere myn vnnoyandnes abouen me.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxxvi. 39 (MED) Kepe vnnoyandnes and see euenhede, for relikes ere till a pesfull man; Keep vnnoyandnes, that thou be clene in thi selfe bifore god.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xl. §13. 152 Me sothly for vnnoyandnes thou vptoke.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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