noysome

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noysome (comparative more noysome, superlative most noysome)

  1. Obsolete form of noisome.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
      The rampant Lyon hunts he fast ,
      With dogges of noysome breath
    • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. [], new edition, London: [] B. Law, []; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:
      There swimmeth also in the Sea, a round slymie substance, called a Blobber, reputed noysome to the fish.

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noysome

  1. Alternative form of noysom