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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 75 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANNOY (like the
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French ennui, a word traced by etymologists to a
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Lat. phrase, in odio esse, to be " in hatred " or hateful of someone)  , to vex or affect with irritation . In the sense of "
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nuisance," the noun " annoyance," apart from its obvious meaning, is found in the
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English "
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Jury of Annoyance " appointed by an
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act of 1754 to
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report upon obstructions in the highways .

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