A grain, a dust, a gnat, a wandering hair,
Any annoyance in that precious sense.
Shak.
An*noy"er (&?;), n. One who, or that which, annoys.
An*noy"ful (&?;), a. Annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer.
An*noy"ing, a. That annoys; molesting; vexatious. -- An*noy"ing*ly, adv.
An*noy"ous (&?;), a. [OF. enuius, anoios.] Troublesome; annoying. [Obs.] Chaucer.
An"nu*al (?; 135), a. [OE. annuel, F. annuel, fr. L. annualis, fr. annus year. Cf. Annals.] 1. Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
The annual overflowing of the river [Nile].
Ray.
2. Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.
A thousand pound a year, annual support.
Shak.
2. Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. Bacon.
An"nu*al, n. 1. A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
2. Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
Oaths . . . in some sense almost annuals; . . . and I myself can remember about forty different sets.
Swift.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.