An archaic or legal term for a nuisance, particularly one resulting from regular or annual disturbances.
Blend or variant of annuity + nuisance, or from Old French anuisance. This rare term conflates annual recurring problems with legal 'nuisance,' though the connection is obscure.
This word is so obscure that even historical dictionaries barely record it—it might be a false coinage or a one-time 17th-century legal term that never caught on, reminding us that many words die in infancy.
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