Nuisance

  • 11nuisance — ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance. ORIGIN Old French, hurt , from Latin nocere to harm …

    English terms dictionary

  • 12nuisance — [no͞o′səns, nyo͞o′səns] n. [ME nusance < OFr < nuisir, noisir < L nocere, to annoy: see NECRO ] 1. an act, condition, thing, or person causing trouble, annoyance, or inconvenience 2. Law a use of one s property that causes danger or… …

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  • 13Nuisance — For the 1921 film, see The Nuisance. For statistics, see Nuisance parameter. Nuisance (also spelled nocence, through Fr. noisance, nuisance, from Lat. nocere, to hurt ) is a common law tort. It means that which causes offence, annoyance, trouble… …

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  • 14NUISANCE — The owner or person in possession of land is not at liberty to use it as he pleases. Land, even if unencumbered, may not be used in such manner as to harm or disturb one s neighbors. Any neighbor can require the offending landowner to abate the… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 15nuisance — n. 1) to cause, create a nuisance 2) to make a nuisance of oneself 3) a confounded, damned, perpetual nuisance 4) a public nuisance 5) a nuisance to 6) a nuisance to + inf. (it was a nuisance to move during the semester) 7) a nuisance that (it s… …

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  • 16Nuisance — La nuisance caractérise généralement un fait (une source) perceptible, provoquant une souffrance vécue et subie. Le bruit est la première source de plaintes dans de nombreux pays. D’autres nuisances communes sont l’exposition à la poussière, à… …

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  • 17nuisance — 01. Your dog is becoming a real [nuisance]; it chases after every car that drives by. 02. It s such a [nuisance] to have to write a report at the end of every session. 03. The weeds are really becoming a [nuisance] in the lake. They are killing… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 18nuisance — /nooh seuhns, nyooh /, n. 1. an obnoxious or annoying person, thing, condition, practice, etc.: a monthly meeting that was more nuisance than pleasure. 2. Law. something offensive or annoying to individuals or to the community, esp. in violation… …

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  • 19nuisance — nui|sance S3 [ˈnju:səns US ˈnu: ] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Anglo French; Origin: nusaunce, from Old French nuisir to harm ] 1.) [C usually singular] a person, thing, or situation that annoys you or causes problems a real/awful/terrible etc nuisance… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20nuisance */ — UK [ˈnjuːs(ə)ns] / US [ˈnusəns] noun Word forms nuisance : singular nuisance plural nuisances 1) a) [countable, usually singular] something that is annoying and is a continuing problem The bugs in the software were a nuisance. What a nuisance… …

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