noysaunce

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === noisance, noisaunce, noissaunce, nosaunce, noysance, noysans, nuisaunce, nusance, nusans, nusaunce, nusauns, nuysance, nuysaunce === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman nusaunce and Old French nuisance. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnui̯sau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈniu̯sau̯ns(ə)/, /-ans(ə)/ === Noun === noysaunce (Late Middle English) Injury, harm, damage. (law) A property-related offence. (law) Anything harmful or offensive to the community. ==== Descendants ==== English: nuisance → Scots: nuisance ==== References ==== “noisaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.