noysome

English

Adjective

noysome (comparative more noysome, superlative most noysome)

1. Obsolete form of noisome.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     The rampant Lyon hunts he fast ,
     With dogges of noysome breath

   • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:

     There swimmeth also in the Sea, a round slymie substance, called a Blobber, reputed noysome to the fish.

Anagrams

• neosomy, somyeon

Middle English

Adjective

noysome

1. Alternative form of noysom