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nuissance

nuissance is the misspelling of nuisance.

Meaning of nuisance

Noun

nuisance (countable and uncountable, plural nuisances)

  1. A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
    • The neighbor's dog barking throughout the night is a right nuisance - I'm going to complain.
  2. A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
    • You can be such a nuisance when you don't get your way.
    Synonyms:
    bother, obstacle, pest
  3. Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.
    • a public nuisance

Forms of nuissance

pluralnuissances

Origin of nuissance

Perhaps by analogy with renaissance, reconnaissance, puissance, etc.

Questions about nuissance

What is nuissance the misspelling of?
Nuissance is the misspelling of nuisance.

Words near nuissance in the dictionary

  1. nuisanceless
  2. nuisancer
  3. nuisancers
  4. nuisances
  5. nuisant
  6. nuissance
  7. nuit blanche
  8. Nuits
  9. NUJ
  10. nujazz
  11. Nujeeb

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