v. t.
Say, what can more our tortured souls annoy
Than to behold, admire, and lose our joy? Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. anoi, anui, OF. anoi, anui, enui, fr. L. in odio hatred (esse alicui in odio, Cic.). See Ennui, Odium, Noisome, Noy. ] A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling;
Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. anoiance, anuiance. ]
A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]
A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,
Any annoyance in that precious sense. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
n. One who, or that which, annoys. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Annoying. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That annoys; molesting; vexatious. --
a. [ OF. enuius, anoios. ] Troublesome; annoying. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) [ Obs. ] See Quinoyl. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ See Annoy. ] To annoy; to vex. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
All that noyed his heavy spright. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. That which annoys. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. noyer to drown, L. necare to kill. ] A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at
n. Annoyance. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., prop., the stone or nut of a fruit, fr. L. nucalis like a nut. See Newel a post. ] A cordial of brandy, etc., flavored with the kernel of the bitter almond, or of the peach stone, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An annoyer. [ Obs. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of annoyance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. See Noils. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Annoying; disagreeable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Watch the noyous night, and wait for joyous day. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Quinone + -yl. ] (Chem.) A radical of which quinone is the hydride, analogous to phenyl.