annoyful

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, […]

References

• “annoyful”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.