Noxiousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Noxious \Nox"ious\, a. [L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere
     to harm, hurt. Cf. {Nuisance}, {Necromancy}.]
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     1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious;
        destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air,
        food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as,


        noxious practices or examples.
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              Too frequent an appearance in places of public
              resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. --Swift.
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     2. Guilty; criminal. [R.]
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              Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. --Abp.
                                                    Bramhall.
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     Syn: Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive;
          pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful;
          unwholesome; insalubrious. See {Noisome}.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Nox"ious*ly}, adv. --
          {Nox"ious*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  noxiousness
       n : the quality of being noxious [syn: {harmfulness}, {noisomeness}]