nuisance (noun)
1. a person or thing that causes annoyance or bother
(as modifier):
nuisance calls2. (law) something unauthorized that is obnoxious or injurious to the community at large ( public nuisance) or to an individual, esp in relation to his ownership or occupation of property (private nuisance)
3. nuisance value, the usefulness of a person's or thing's capacity to cause difficulties or irritation
Word OriginC15: via Old French from nuire to injure, from Latin nocēre
-Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for nuisancenoun, c.1400, "injury, hurt, harm," from Anglo-French nusaunce, Old French nuisance "harm, wrong, damage," from past participle stem of nuire "to harm," from Latin nocere "to hurt" (see noxious ). Sense has softened over time, to "anything obnoxious to a community" (bad smells, pests, eyesores), 1660s, then "source of annoyance, something personally disagreeable" (1831). Applied to persons from 1690s.
-Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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