noisome
part of speech
adjective (noisome; more noisome, most noisome — formal, literary)
meaning for a pupil
1) (literary) Having a very nasty smell: «a noisome swamp». tree →
2) (old) Harmful or very unpleasant. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means harmful and foul, as in a deadly plague or bad weeds, or a sore with a bad smell. In the primary lessons: A rare literary word for disgusting places in stories: dungeons, sewers, rubbish tips. In the Bible (Psalm 91) God protects from «the noisome pestilence» (a harmful disease).
examples
- My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness. (Writings PSA.38.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. (Writings JOB.31.40, JPS 1917) tree →
- That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. (Writings PSA.91.3, JPS 1917) tree →
- A noisome smell came from the drain. tree →
- The prisoners lay in a noisome dungeon. tree →
- Flies buzzed over the noisome rubbish. tree →
- The psalm speaks of the noisome pestilence. tree →
- The pond had become a noisome swamp. tree →
- We held our noses near the noisome bins. tree →
- "No," replied the sturdy lad, "the pigeon is for my seven blind mothers, who live in the noisome dungeon, and who would die if I did not bring them food." tree →
note
Trap: «noisome» has nothing to do with noise! It comes from an old word «noy» (annoy). It means smelly or harmful, not loud.
In the corpora
- It hath wearied itself with toil; yet its great filth goeth not forth out of it, yea, its noisome filth.
- My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.
- That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
- Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley.
Trees and pragmatics
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