nuisant
nuisant adjective: harmful; of the nature of a nuisance.
Adjective
nuisant (comparative more nuisant, superlative most nuisant)
- Harmful; of the nature of a nuisance.
- See the wide realm in equal ſhares poſſeſs’d! / How few the rich, or poor! how many bleſs’d! / O happy ſtate! the ſtate, by Heaven deſign’d / To rein, protect, employ, and bleſs mankind; / […] / Where none are ſlaves, or lords; but all are men: / No nuiſant drones purloin the earner’s food; / But...1794, Timothy Dwight [IV], “Part VII. The Vision.”, in Greenfield Hill: A Poem, in Seven Parts. […], New York, N.Y.: […] Childs and Swaine, →OCLC, page 153, lines 136–138
- One cannot help being sour awee, / And often to a g—t degree, / When sees those nuisant useless drones, / That lordly stalk like petty kings; / Who view poor servile wretches toiling, / For a poor wage, scarce keeps them breathing, / Protracts their life in mis’ry pining, / Those men can’t help...1821, William Liddle, “Luxury, oppression and poverty contrasted”, in Poems on Different Occasions, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Edinburgh: […], →OCLC, page 104
Examples of nuisant in a sentence
- We have two good trees at the door, a wide street, free sweep of winds, no neighbour on the west, and exemption from all objects of nuisant aspect.1849 May 8, James W[addel] Alexander, “Letters while Pastor of Duane Street Church, New York. 1844—1849.”, in John Hall, editor, Forty...
- Then they’d decide the fate of that nuisant old man.1993 May, Chris Ahlemann, chapter 32, in James Van Treese, editor, The Call, Salt Lake City, Ut.: Northwest Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page...
Forms of nuisant
| comparative | more nuisant |
|---|---|
| superlative | most nuisant |
Origin of nuisant
From Middle English nusant, nuysande, from Middle French nuisant, present participle of nuire (“to harm”). Doublet of nocent.
Questions about nuisant
- What does nuisant mean?
- Nuisant means harmful; of the nature of a nuisance.
- How do you use nuisant in a sentence?
- We have two good trees at the door, a wide street, free sweep of winds, no neighbour on the west, and exemption from all objects of nuisant aspect.
- What part of speech is nuisant?
- Nuisant is an adjective.
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