nuisant

adjective

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.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry nuisant (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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