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- 1. noxious, harmful, or poisonous. literary
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3 days ago · adverb. Word origin. L nocuus < nocere: see necro- Word Frequency. nocuous in American English. (ˈnɑkjuːəs) adjective. likely to cause damage or injury; harmful; noxious. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms.
Define Nocuous. Nocuous, derived from the Latin word “nocuus,” refers to something that has the potential to cause harm, damage, or injury. It describes an agent or substance that possesses the capacity to be detrimental or deleterious to living organisms, ecosystems, or the environment as a whole.
Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Harmful; poisonous; noxious. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Likely to cause harm or damage. Wiktionary. Synonyms: noxious. injurious. harmful. deadly. dangerous. damaging. Origin of Nocuous. From Latin nocuus from nocēre to harm nek- 1 in Indo-European roots.
Nocuous is a related term of noxious. As adjectives the difference between noxious and nocuous is that noxious is harmful; injurious while nocuous is likely to cause harm or damage.
1. : producing no injury : harmless. 2. : not likely to give offense or to arouse strong feelings or hostility : inoffensive, insipid. innocuously adverb. innocuousness noun. Did you know? Look at the Prefix to Define Innocuous.
What does the adjective nocuous mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective nocuous . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
