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1.
not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
2.
not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark.
3.
not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid: an innocuous novel.
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| Main Entry: | innocuous1 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | harmless; innoxious |
| Etymology: | Latin in- + nocere 'to injure' |
| Main Entry: | innocuous2 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | unlikely to arouse strong feeling; insipid |
| Etymology: | Latin in- + nocere 'to injure' |
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Word Origin & History
innocuous
1598, from L. innocuus "harmless," from in- "not" + nocuus "hurtful," from root of nocere "to injure, harm," from *nok-s-, suffixed form of PIE base *nek- "death" (see noxious).
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innocuous in·noc·u·ous (ĭ-nŏk'y&oomacr;-əs)
adj.
Having no adverse effect; harmless.
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