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nocuous
[
nok
-yoo-
uh
s
]
noc·u·ous
/
ˈnɒk
yu
əs
/
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[
nok
-yoo-
uh
s
]
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adjective
likely to cause damage or injury; harmful; noxious.
Origin:
1625–35;
<
Latin
nocuus
harmful, injurious, equivalent to
noc
(
ēre
) to harm +
-uus
deverbal adj. suffix;
see
-ous
Related forms
noc·u·ous·ly,
adverb
noc·u·ous·ness,
noun
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nocuous
(ˈnɒkjʊəs)
—
adj
rare
harmful; noxious
[C17: from Latin
nocuus,
from
nocēre
to hurt]
'nocuously
—
adv
'nocuousness
—
n
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