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obˈnoxiousness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being obnoxious.
1. Liability to injury, evil, etc.: see obnoxious 1. Const. to, unto.
1652Bp. Hall Invis. World i. v, Their deadly machinations and our miserable obnoxiousness. 1654Warren Unbelievers 48 An obnoxiousnesse unto punishment. a1677Barrow Serm. Wks. 1716 I. 166 Sensible of our own obnoxiousness to the like slips and falls. 1729Stackhouse Body Divin. iv. i. §2 (1776) II. 419 Our obnoxiousness to the severity of his laws. 1871W. Markby Elem. Law §148 Duty or obligation is..sometimes described as obnoxiousness to a sanction.
†2. Liability to punishment or censure; guilt, blameworthiness. Obs.
1610Donne Pseudo-martyr 269 Bellarmine..delt herein with more obnoxiousnesse and lesse excuse then Binius. a1661Fuller Worthies, Dorsetshire i. (1662) 289 Considering his own Obnoxiousness for so rash a fact, he..procured his pardon at Court. 1704M. Henry Communicant's Comp. x, Considering..our unworthiness and obnoxiousness.
3. Offensiveness, objectionableness, odiousness.
1828Webster s.v., The obnoxiousness of the law rendered the legislature unpopular. 1851Gallenga Italy i. 26 They could not drive the Austrians from Lombardy, but gave them palpable hints of their obnoxiousness there. |