Dictionary entry

Annoyance

Webster's Dictionary 1913

An‐noy″ance (�), n. [OF. anoiance, anuiance.] 1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy.

A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers.

Fuller.

For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies.

Wilkins.

2. That which annoys.

A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,

Any annoyance in that precious sense.

Shak.