noisome
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/ˈnɔɪ.səm/
Definition of noisome
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- (literary)Morally hurtful or noxious.
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adj
- (literary)Morally hurtful or noxious.
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(literary)Hurtful or noxious to health; unwholesome, insalubrious.
“Surely he shall deliuer thee from the snare of the fouler: and from the noisome pestilence.”
“There is a distinct sense of freedom in the solitude of the night. The day's atmosphere is surcharged with noisome anxiety, the hours laden with impending terrors. But the night is soothing.”
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(literary)Offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell.
“Foule words is but foule wind, and foule wind is but foule breath, and foule breath is noiſome, therefore I will depart vnkist.”
“And then, ſo nice, and ſo genteel; / Such Cleanlineſs from Head to Heel: / No Humours groſs, or frowzy Steams, / No noiſom Whiffs, or ſweaty Streams, / Before, behind, above, below, / Could from her taintleſs Body flow.”
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Etymology
From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).
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