SuaviloquyToday’s word

annoyance

Annoyance, n.

Etymology: [OF. anoiance, anuiance.]

1. The act of annoying, or the state of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. Fuller. For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins.

2. That which annoys. A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair, Any annoyance in that precious sense. Shak.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for annoyance; he lists it under abomination.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.