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unobˈnoxious, a.
[un-1 7, 5 b.]
1. Not exposed or liable to something. Also ellipt.
1609Donne Elegy on Lady Marckham 35 For, graves our trophies are, and both deaths dust. So, unobnoxious now, she hath buried both. 1667Milton P.L. vi. 404 In fight they stood Unwearied, unobnoxious to be pain'd By wound. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. iii. 125 But neither the matter, nor yet the form of this division,..are un⁓obnoxious to just exception. 1809–14Wordsw. Excurs. v. 868 Some, apart, In quarters unobnoxious to such chance. 1862F. Hall Hindu Philos. Syst. 50 The soul is immutable, and unobnoxious to error.
2. Not objectionable or offensive.
1678Lively Oracles vii. §9 (1684) 308 Surely the meanest unobnoxious laic..might..be trusted with the reading of those sacred books. 1802H. Martin Helen of Glenross I. 201 Mr. Mulgrave, unobnoxious to any party, was advised to remain. 1858Times 3 Dec. 8/6 The Roman Catholic priests are lowly, zealous men... We want the same class of men for our unobnoxious Christianity [in China]. |