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- Dictionarynocuous/ˈnɒkjʊəs/
adjective
- 1. noxious, harmful, or poisonous. literary
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The meaning of NOCUOUS is harmful. How to use nocuous in a sentence. Did you know?
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.
Nocuous definition: likely to cause damage or injury; harmful; noxious. . See examples of NOCUOUS used in a sentence.
Synonyms for NOCUOUS: harmful, dangerous, detrimental, adverse, damaging, bad, poisonous, hazardous; Antonyms of NOCUOUS: innocuous, harmless, benign, safe, useful, beneficial, innocent, inoffensive.
Define nocuous. nocuous synonyms, nocuous pronunciation, nocuous translation, English dictionary definition of nocuous. adj. Harmful; noxious. noc′u·ous·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Nocuous definition: Harmful; noxious.
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.
nocuous (comparative more nocuous, superlative most nocuous) Likely to cause harm or damage.
/ˈnɒkjʊəs/ NOCK-yoo-uhss. U.S. English. /ˈnɑkjəwəs/ NAH-kyuh-wuhss. See pronunciation. Where does the adjective nocuous come from? Earliest known use. early 1600s. is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. nocuus, ‑ous suffix. See etymology. Nearby entries. nocturnality, n. 1934–. nocturnally, adv. 1543–.
Origin of nocuous 1 First recorded in 1625–35; <Latin nocuus “harmful, injurious,” equivalent to noc(ēre) “to harm, hurt” + -uus adjective suffix; see -ous
