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Jul 27, 2010 This week's theme Words that look like one part of speech but are another This week's words artificer noisome psychopomp fulsome meretricious Follow us on Discuss Feedback RSS/XML A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg noisome PRONUNCIATION: (NOI-suhm) MEANING: adjective: 1. Offensive, especially to the sense of smell. 2. Harmful; noxious. ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English noy (short of annoy), via French, from Latin inodiare (to make hateful), from in- (intensive prefix) + odium (hate). USAGE: "Phasing out of noisome exhausts on motorbikes should be handled seriously and urgently." ESG Response; Gibraltar Chronicle; Nov 28, 2009. "The anti-social behaviour order, or Asbo, has helped to bring some relief to hard-pressed communities plagued by noisome neighbours and menacing yobs." Making Justice Swifter; The Daily Telegraph (London, UK); Oct 8, 2009. Explore "noisome" in the Visual Thesaurus. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem upon another. -Juvenal, poet (c. 60-140)

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