[‘ An obnoxious, objectionable, or offensive person or thing; an object of aversion. Also: obnoxiousness.']
Pronunciation: Brit. /əbˈnɒksᵻti/, ɒbˈnɒksᵻti, U.S. /əbˈnɑksədi/
Etymology: < obnoxious adj. + -ity suffix. Compare earlier obnoxiousness n., obnoxiety n.
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An obnoxious, objectionable, or offensive person or thing; an object of aversion. Also: obnoxiousness.
1924 D. H. Lawrence & M. Skinner /Boy in Bush/ xx. 282 The parlour was the coolest place for the meat. Esau shifted the red obnoxity, wire cover and all, to the top of a cupboard.
/c/1925 D. H. Lawrence /Virgin & Gipsy/ (1930) iii. 38 That widow of a knighted doctor, a harmless person indeed, had become an obnoxity in their lives.
2001 /Re: Combo-combo/ in /comp.databases.ms-access/ (Usenet newsgroup) 19 Mar., We’d had a few days rest from your obnoxity and I thought your suspension might be over.