noyance
nounUK /ˈnɔɪəns/
Etymology From Middle English noyaunce, partly an aphetic form of anoyaunce, partly directly from Anglo-Norman noyaunce.
1
Archaic The state of being annoyed; distress, irritation.
- The single and peculiar life is bound / With all the strength and armour of the mind / To keep itself from noyance [...].c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
2
Archaic The act of annoying; molestation.