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noisome

noi·some

UK/ˈnɔɪ.səm/ uncommon literary

adjective

1.

causing or able to cause nausea

  • “a nauseating smell”
  • “nauseous offal”
  • “a sickening stench”
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Origin

From Middle English noysom; equivalent to noy + -some (short for annoy, from an(n)oien, enoien from Anglo-Norman anuier, from Old French enuier (French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiare, from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (“hate”)).

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