dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/nui_MW.json

{
  "nuik":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":[
      "Definition of nuik chiefly Scottish variant of nook"
    ],
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":[],
    "history_and_etymology":[],
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ny\u00fck"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220630-170814",
    "type":[]
  },
  "nuisance":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": harm , injury":[
        "relieving the nuisance of poisonous fumes from rural factories",
        "\u2014 Collier's Yr. Bk."
      ],
      ": one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious : pest":[
        "My allergies are a nuisance in the springtime.",
        "Weeds are a nuisance to the gardener."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the new neighbor is threatening to become a nuisance , dropping in on us several times a day",
      "folding up this map correctly is such a nuisance",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Chicago has already seen temperatures in the 90s for much of June, and those face coverings can quickly become a frustrating nuisance in the heat. \u2014 Jared Wyllys, Forbes , 15 June 2021",
      "Adams started breaking down how Wiggins could use his 7-foot wingspan, lateral agility and basketball smarts to become a nuisance to opponents. \u2014 Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com , 10 Jan. 2021",
      "Poly has been committed to solving the nuisance that varying audio and video environments bring. \u2014 Patrick Moorhead, Forbes , 26 May 2022",
      "The most pressing nuisance , by far, has been ticketing issues though. \u2014 Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter , 23 May 2022",
      "But the reality is that the much bigger nuisance is not the heat, but the cold. \u2014 Dalton Ross, EW.com , 5 May 2022",
      "Chamber of Commerce attorney John Tucker said the massacre was horrible, but the nuisance is not ongoing. \u2014 NBC News , 3 May 2022",
      "His son and others counseled him to treat the suit as a nuisance , settle with the plaintiffs and get on with his life. \u2014 Edward Kosner, WSJ , 5 May 2022",
      "Civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons filed the lawsuit in 2020 under the state\u2019s public nuisance law. \u2014 Essence , 21 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English nusaunce, noisaunce \"harm, damage, (in law) cause of annoyance or inconvenience,\" borrowed from Anglo-French nusance, noisance, from nuis-, nois-, nus-, stem of nuire, nure, noisir, nuser \"to injure, damage, vex\" (going back to Latin noc\u0113re \"to injure, harm\") + -ance -ance \u2014 more at noxious":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u00fc-s\u1d4an(t)s",
      "\u02c8n\u00fcs-\u1d4ans, \u02c8ny\u00fcs-",
      "\u02c8n\u00fc-s\u1d4ans",
      "\u02c8ny\u00fc-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "annoyance",
      "annoyer",
      "bother",
      "gadfly",
      "gnawer",
      "nudnik",
      "nudnick",
      "pain",
      "persecutor",
      "pest",
      "tease",
      "teaser"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003735",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nuisance tax":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an excise tax collected in small amounts on a wide range of commodities directly from the consumer":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1922, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064116",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nuisance value":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": value, importance, or usefulness arising from a capacity to annoy, frustrate, harass, or injure":[
        "atolls and islands having a high nuisance value",
        "\u2014 W. V. Pratt",
        "the business of the minor parties is to develop so great a nuisance value that one of the major parties will take over their programs",
        "\u2014 H. S. Commager",
        "alert to opportunities to institute representative suits solely for their nuisance value",
        "\u2014 G. B. Hurff"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-003221",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "nuit blanche":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": white night : a sleepless night":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "nw\u02b8\u0113-bl\u00e4\u207fsh"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-043526",
    "type":[
      "French noun phrase"
    ]
  }
}