† damnoseadj.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Hurtful, harmful.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Damnose, hurtful, harmful.
2. Law. Of or relating to a damnosa hereditas; unprofitable, burdensome.
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1872 J. Wigram & J. P. O'Hara Treat. Extrinsic Evid. Interpr. Wills (U.S. ed. 2) i. 133 Any relaxation made in a seemingly hard case will open a wide door for future litigation, and will tend to render the devolution of property by will uncertain and damnose.
1912 H. W. Seton Forms of Judgments & Order (ed. 7) III. xli. 1081 Exors directed by the Court to get rid of damnose leasehold, and to sell canal shares, and not doing so, were held liable.
Derivatives
damnosity n. hurtfulness. [Compare post-classical Latin damnositas (7th cent.).]
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Damnosity, hurtfulness.
1884 Logansport (Indiana) Daily Jrnl. 30 Jan. In a few words the prospective groom's treachery and ‘damnosity’ were rehearsed.
1890 Delphi (Indiana) Jrnl. 18 Jan. A stranger to his ‘style’ would have thought that the fellow's virtuous soul was on fire, the igniting cause being something unparalleled in mendacity, atrocity and damnosity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2022).
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