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- noun Obsolete form of
annoyance .
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Examples
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For besides that the very affection of Loue it selfe tormenteth the mynde, and vexeth the body many wayes, with vnrestfulnesse all night, and wearines all day, seeking for that we can not haue: euen the selfe things which best before vs liked, in course of time and chaung of ryper yeares, whiche also therewithall chaungeth our wonted lyking and former fantasies, will then seeme lothsome and breede vs annoyaunce, when yougthes flowre is withered, and we fynde our bodyes and wits aunswere not to suche vayne iollitie and lustfull pleasaunce.
Shepheardes Calendar 1579
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And also that the said diches mai be clensed from yere to yere, and so kepte yt thereof folowe non annoyaunce. "-- p. 87.
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