noxious
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From noxius (“‘hurtful, injurious’”) < noxa (“‘hurt, injury’”), for *nocsa < nocere (“‘to hurt, injure’”); see nocent.
[edit] Adjective
noxious (comparative more noxious, superlative most noxious)
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- unpleasant and possibly also harmful, typically in reference to odorous fumes
[edit] Translations
unpleasant and harmful
[edit] External links
- noxious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- noxious in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911