noyous

English

Etymology

From Middle English noyous; equivalent to noy +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɪəs/

Adjective

noyous (comparative more noyous, superlative most noyous)

1. (now rare, archaic) Troublesome; harmful, injurious.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 72:

     The falſe Dueſſa leauing noyous Night, / Returnd to ſtately pallace of Dame Pryde; […]

Middle English

Alternative forms

• newous, noȝous, noieose, noieous, noious, noiouse, noius, noyes, noyhous, noyis, noyose, noyouse, noyows, noyowse, noyus, nuous, nuyous, nuyus, nyes, nyous

Etymology

An aphetic form of anoyous; equivalent to noy +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nui̯ˈuːs/, /ˈnui̯us/

Adjective

noyous

1. painful, injurious, harmful
2. irritating, difficult, troublesome
3. (rare) hazardous, treacherous
4. (rare) severe, grievous

Quotations

• 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “viij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:

  Thenne as they stode talkynge there came knyghtes wel armed and bad hem yelde them or els to dye / that yeldyng sayd they shal be noyous to yow
  "Then as they stood talking there came knights well armed, and bade them yield them or else to die. That yielding, said they, shall be noyous to you."

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Descendants

• English: noyous

References

• “noiǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.