Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noosance

/ˈnuː.səns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: noo-sance
IPA: /ˈnuː.səns/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Pronunciation spelling of nuisance.

noun

Eye dialect spelling of nuisance.

Example Sentences

"The noosance was […] that to make the umbrella effective he would have to carry abroad such weight to ballast it as would put the whole contraption out of action for carrying abroad at all."

Etymology

Respelling representing the pronunciation of nuisance in an accent with yod dropping; for speakers with this kind of accent (such as the majority of American English speakers), this spelling would constitute eye dialect since it is identical to their pronunciation of the standard spelling.

Inflected Forms

noosances (plural)

Homonyms

nuisance

Questions

How do you pronounce noosance?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnuː.səns/.
What does noosance mean?: Pronunciation spelling of nuisance.
Where does noosance come from?: Respelling representing the pronunciation of nuisance in an accent with yod dropping; for speakers with this kind of accent (such as the majority of American English speakers), this spelling would constitute eye dialect since it is identical to their pronunciation of the standard spelling.

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