The definition of noisome is harmful, or bad smelling.
(adjective)See noisome in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
Origin: ME noyesum < noy, aphetic < anoy < OFr anoi: see annoy & -some
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See noisome in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
Origin:
Origin: Middle English noiesom
Origin: : noie, harm (short for anoi, annoyance, from Old French, from anoier, to annoy; see annoy)
Origin: + -som, adj. suff.; see -some1
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