Both Uses of
noisome
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- "What you propose is horrible, Chauvelin," she said, drawing away from him as from some noisome insect.†
Chpt 8 *
- I have confessed to you that my memory is short, but the thought certainly lingered in my mind that, at the time of the Marquis' death, I entreated you for an explanation of those same noisome popular rumours.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
causing or able to cause nausea -- especially from odor
or:
harmful
or:
harmful