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Nuisance

//ˈnjuː.səns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A minor annoyance or inconvenience. countable, uncountable

    "The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain."

  2. 2
    something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness wordnet
  3. 3
    A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience. countable, uncountable

    "You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way."

  4. 4
    (law) a broad legal concept including anything that disturbs the reasonable use of your property or endangers life and health or is offensive wordnet
  5. 5
    Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists. countable, uncountable

    "a public nuisance"

Etymology

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

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