announcer (anounser)

One who announces or gives notice; a proclaimer. anno urb is cond itæ (an'ō er'bis kon'di-tē). [L.; lit., in the year of the city founded: anno, abl. of ann us, a year (see annals); urb is, gen. of urbs, a city (see urban ); cond itæ, of con dita, fem. of conditus, pp. of condere, set up, establish, found.] In the year from the founding of the city, that is, of Rome, in 753 B. c. according to the usually adopted chronology: used with some ordinal number to indicate a Latin date. Abbreviated A. U. C. > = Olt annoy (a-noi'), n. [Early mod. E. anoy, anoye, also ennoy and abbr. noy, E. ennui, q. v.) = Pr. enoi, enuoi = Sp. enojo = Pg. anojo, nojo = It. annoja, noja = ( nojo, orig. (Milanese dial.) inodio, Worse than Tantalus' is her annoy . Shak ., Venus and Adonis, 1. 599. As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy; For cold, and stiff, and still are they, who wrought thy walls annoy . Macaulay , Ivry. 2. A thing or circumstance that causes discomfort; an annoyance. Good angels guard thee from the boar's annoy. Shak., Rich. III., v. 3. [Now chiefly poetic; the common word in prose is annoy ance.]