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nuisance

Syllabification: (nui·sance)

Definition of nuisance

a person, thing, or circumstance causing inconvenience or annoyance:an unreasonable landlord could become a nuisance I hope you’re not going to make a nuisance of yourself
(also private nuisance) Law an unlawful interference with the use and enjoyment of a person’s land.
Lawsee public nuisance.

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'injury, hurt'): from Old French, 'hurt', from the verb nuire, from Latin nocere 'to harm'

Remember that nuisance begins with nuis-.

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