nuisant

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Harmful; of the nature of a nuisance. rare
    — See the wide realm in equal ſhares poſſeſs’d! / How few the rich, or poor! how many bleſs’d! / O happy ſtate! the ſtate, by Heaven deſign’d / To rein, protect, employ, and bleſs mankind; / […] / Where none are ſlaves, or lords; but all are men: / No nuiſant drones purloin the earner’s food; / But each man’s labour ſwells the common good.

词形变化

more nuisant comparative most nuisant superlative

词源

From Middle English nusant, nuysande, from Middle French nuisant, present participle of nuire (“to harm”). Doublet of nocent.
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