noyful
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Middle English[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
noyful
- Full of annoyance.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of Melibee, The Canterbury Tales, section 11, line 2222:
- For al-be-it so that alle tarying be anoyful, algates it is nat to repreve in yevynge of Iugement, ne in vengeance-taking, whan it is suffisant and resonable.
- For although it be so that all tarrying is bothersome, it is not always to be reproved in giving of judgment nor in vengeance taking, when it is sufficient and reasonable.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Tale of Melibee, The Canterbury Tales, section 11, line 2222:
References[edit]
- “noyful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.