noy
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noy¹
- /nɔɪ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English noyen, partly an aphetic form of anoyen and partly from Anglo-Norman noier, nuier.
verb noys · noying · noyed · noie
- To annoy; to harm or injure. Take heed to false harlots, and more, ye wot what. / If noise ye heare, / Looke all be cleare: / Least drabs doe noie thee, / And theeues destroie thee.
noy²
- /nɔɪ/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English noy, partly an aphetic form of anoy and partly from Anglo-Norman nui.
noun
- Annoyance.
Noy³
Rhymes with -ɔɪ
Where it comes from
Several origins:
* A variant of the English surname Noe, related to Noah.
* Ornamental surname, from Hebrew נוי (nói, “decoration, adornment”), in part adopted as a Hebraicized form of various Ashkenazi surnames containg the unrelated German element neu (“new”)
* Borrowed from Catalan Noy, variant of Noi, nickname from noi (“boy, lad”)
* Borrowed from Lao ຍ (nya)
proper noun Noys
- A surname.
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title = {noy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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