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nuisance

/ˈnuːsəns/NOO-suhns
/ˈnusəns/NOO-suhns

Meaningto hurt

Common meaning: an annoying thing

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√NAK‘be lost, perish, die’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 175, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinnocere‘to hurt’source
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsto hurt → hurtfulnuisant‘hurtful’source
  4. Frenchmeaning shiftshurtful → a hurtnuisance‘a hurt’source
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsa hurt → an annoying thingnuisance‘an annoying thing’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin nocere ‘to hurt’.

Roots

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