a noyousとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Old French enuius, anoios; equivalent to anoy +‎ -ous.

発音

• IPA: /aˌnui̯ˈuːs/, /aˈnui̯us/

形容詞

anoyous

1. harmful, injurious
   • 14th c., Geoffrey Chaucer, Frederic J. Furnival (Editor), The Cambridge MS. Dd. 4. 24 or Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, London; Published by teh Chaucer Society, 1902: pg. 650, [728]

     Ayeinst this horrible Synne of Accidie / and Þe brauches of the same / there is a vertu Þat is called ffortitudo or Strength / Þat is an affection / Þurgh for which a man espiseth annoyous Þynges

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2. (rare) troublesome, challenging, annoying
3. (rare) troubled; beset with difficulty

使用する際の注意点

• The aphetic form noyous is more common in Middle English (as in modern English).

派生した語

• English: annoyous

参照

• “anoiǒus, -eus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.