noysaunce

Middle English

Alternative forms

• noisance, noisaunce, noissaunce, nosaunce, noysance, noysans, nuisaunce, nusance, nusans, nusaunce, nusauns, nuysance, nuysaunce

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman nusaunce and Old French nuisance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnui̯sau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈniu̯sau̯ns(ə)/, /-ans(ə)/

Noun

noysaunce (Late Middle English)

1. Injury, harm, damage.
2. (law) A property-related offence.
3. (law) Anything harmful or offensive to the community.

Descendants

• English: nuisance
  • → Scots: nuisance

References

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