anoyaunce

• anoyance

Borrowed from Old French anuiance, anoiance; equivalent to anoyen +‎ -aunce.

• IPA^(key): /aˌnui̯ˈa(u̯)ns(ə)/, /aˈnui̯a(u̯)ns(ə)/

anoyaunce (plural anoyaunces)

1. (rare) annoyance, irritation (that which annoys)

• The aphetic form noyaunce is more common in Middle English.

• English: annoyance

• “anoiaunce, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.