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a combining form appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “thought”: paranoia.

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Origin of -noia

<Greek -noia, equivalent to nó(os) mind + -ia-y³

Words nearby -noia

no holds barred, no-hoper, no-host, nohow, NOI, -noia, n.o.i.b.n., no ifs or buts, noil, nointer, noir

How to use -noia in a sentence

At the same time it reached Noia, a small city of Puglia, situated on the Adriatic.
Garcia the Centenarian And His Times|M. Sterling Mackinlay
New attitudes of the soul, a meta/noia, may be demanded, before such responsiveness is possible.
Introduction to Robert Browning|Hiram Corson