nuisance

Meaning

  1. A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
  2. A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
  3. Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈnuː.səns/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English noysaunce, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance and Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”), from Latin nocēre.

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