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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024nox•ious /ˈnɑkʃəs/USA pronunciation adj. - harmful to the health:noxious fumes.
See -noc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024nox•ious (nok′shəs),USA pronunciation adj. - harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being:noxious fumes.
- morally harmful;
corrupting;
pernicious:a noxious plan to spread dissension.
- Latin noxius harmful, hurtful, injurious, equivalent. to nox(a) harm, hurt, injury (akin to nocēre to do harm, inflict injury; see innocent) + -ius -ious
- 1605–15
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hurtful, unwholesome, unhealthy, nocuous, detrimental, deleterious.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged corruptive.
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged harmless.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: noxious /ˈnɒkʃəs/ adj - poisonous or harmful
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin noxius harmful, from noxa injuryˈnoxiously adv ˈnoxiousness n |