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Word: Nuisance
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘injury, hurt’): from Old French, ‘hurt’, from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere ‘to harm’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈnjuːsns
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance
Short Definition:person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance
Examples:- it's a nuisance having all those people clomping through the house
- I hope you're not going to make a nuisance of yourself
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