Definition of

Annoyance

In order to discover the meaning of the term nuisance, it is necessary, first of all, to know its etymological origin. In this case, we have to emphasize that it is a word that derives from Latin. Exactly we can establish that the result of the sum of these two lexical components:

-The prefix “in-”, which means “without” or “no”, although it is also used to refer to “from the inside”.

-The noun “cor, cordis”, which is synonymous with “heart”.

However, it is considered that incordio takes us to the Low Latin antecordium , a word that referred to a tumor in the chest of a horse. This term, in turn, was formed with ante and cordis ( "heart" ).

AnnoyanceThe Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ), in its dictionary, mentions that a nuisance is a buba : a soft tumor . These tumors usually appear in the inguinal area, in the neck or in the armpits as an effect of a venereal disease, causing pain. In any case, the notion can also refer to a soft tumor of non-venereal cause.

In colloquial language , nuisance is used to name something that is inconvenient, annoying or exhausting . For example: “Having had to live with my mother-in-law for two months was a nuisance, but luckily she returned home and I regained peace of mind,” “Due to the injuries of several players and other setbacks, the tournament was a nuisance for him.” capital team” , “Suffering from an allergy can be a nuisance if the person does not take certain precautions” .

In the same way, other synonyms of nuisance are annoyance, a nuisance, annoyance or a nuisance. If we talk about what their antonyms are, we come across terms such as taste or delight, for example.

Let's look at the case of a young man who makes the decision to travel through South America as a backpacker. The boy aspires to hitchhike (hitchhike, hitchhike) to get from one place to another. However, a few days into the journey, his belongings are stolen . Due to bad weather, he is also stranded in a small place on a mountain. As if that were not enough, he fractures his leg due to a slip. It can be said that the trip , for this adventurer, became a nuisance : an accumulation of misfortunes and fatalities that is exhausting.

In the field of cinema we find some work that has in its title the term that we are now addressing. A good example of this is the short film “La Pantera Rosa: Incordio Rosa”, which was released in 1964. This American film, it must be established, was directed by Hawley Pratt and Friz Freleng and won the Oscar for Best Short Film. Animation.

It tells the story of a painter who faces a problem: everything he paints blue ends up turning pink.

In the same way, we cannot ignore the existence of the book entitled “NO to NATO and other nuisances”, which was published by Editorial Planeta in 1981 and whose author was Máximo.