name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
noy
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rhymes with -ɔɪ
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UK: /nɔɪ/
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noun
Meaning 2
Annoyance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 3
To annoy; to harm or injure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal
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History
Etymology
Several origins: * A variant of the English surname Noe, related to Noah. * Ornamental surname, from Hebrew נוי (nói, “decoration, adornment”), in part adopted as a Hebraicized form of various Ashkenazi surnames containg the unrelated German element neu (“new”) * Borrowed from Catalan Noy, variant of Noi, nickname from noi (“boy, lad”) * Borrowed from Lao ຍ (nya)
From Middle English noy, partly an aphetic form of anoy and partly from Anglo-Norman nui.
From Middle English noyen, partly an aphetic form of anoyen and partly from Anglo-Norman noier, nuier.