noun
archaic, rare, dialect Scottish, BritishAnnoyance, trouble; suffering, distress, sadness.
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Arthour and Merlin. Partly aphetic from annoy, and partly directly from Anglo-Norman nui, nouy, nuye.
noun
PhysicsA unit of perceived noisiness.
One noy is equal to the noisiness of a sound of specified bandwidth and intensity.
Origin
1950s. Shortened from noise.
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