Middle English Dictionary Entry
noisaunt adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | noisaunt adj. Also nusant. |
| Etymology | OF nuisant, ppl. of nuire. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Troublesome, harmful; of stars: malign.
Associated quotations
- c1475(?a1440) Burgh Cato(1) (Rwl C.48)723 : If she be noysaunt, ful of greuaunce, Constreyne hir nat to biden in thi yerde.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)86/12 : Þe moste profytable to opyn veyne ys..whenne þe nusant sterres loke noght aȝeyn.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)86/29 : Be þe bygynyng of þy werke after good constellacioun of þe mone, & his remuynge fro nusant sterrys.
- a1500 Partenay (Trin-C R.3.17)1045 : Ye shall haue gretly to doo huge noisaunt pannes with aduersite.