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annoyful

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English

Etymology

From annoy +‎ -ful.

Adjective

annoyful (comparative more annoyful, superlative most annoyful)

  1. (obsolete) annoying
    • 1815, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Thomas Wyatt, “From the Earl of Surrey to the King” (chapter XIV), in George Frederick Nott, editor, The Works of Henry Howard[1], Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, page 192:
      For as much as this new fortress is an annoyful neighbour to your Majesty's town of Boulogne, and county of the same []
    • 1850, William Sweetser, “Anger, Concluded” (chapter XV), in Mental Hygiene[2], G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 156:
      The immediate and annoyful physical effects of mental irritation are strikingly displayed in those of a nervous and sensitive temperament, []

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