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noxious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Noxious \Nox"ious\, a. [L. noxius, fr noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf {Nuisance}, {Necromancy}.] 1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as noxious practices or examples. Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. --Swift. 2. Guilty; criminal. [R.] Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. --Abp. Bramhall. Syn: Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See {Noisome}. -- {Nox"ious*ly}, adv -- {Nox"ious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: noxious adj 1: injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas" [syn: {harmful}] [ant: {innocuous}] 2: having adverse effect on living things "noxious chemical wastes" [syn: {deleterious}, {hurtful}, {injurious}]
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