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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Annoy
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(like the French ennui, a word traced by etymologists to a Lat. phrase, in odio esse, to be "in hatred" or hateful of someone), to vex or affect with irritation. In the sense of "nuisance," the noun "annoyance," apart from its obvious meaning, is found in the English "Jury of Annoyance" appointed by an act of 1754 to report upon obstructions in the highways.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Annoy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/annoy.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Annoy'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/annoy.html. 1910.
