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Webster 1913 Edition

Noxious

Nox′ious

,
Adj.
[L.
noxius
, fr.
noxa
harm; akin to
nocere
to harm, hurt. Cf.
Nuisance
,
Necromancy
.]
1.
Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious;
as,
noxious
air, food, or climate
; pernicious; corrupting to morals;
as,
noxious
practices or examples
.
Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is
noxious
to spiritual promotions.
Swift.
2.
Guilty; criminal.
[R.]
Those who are
noxious
in the eye of the law.
Abp. Bramhall.
Syn. – Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See
Noisome
.
–
Nox′ious-ly
,
adv.
–
Nox′ious-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Noxious

NOXIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. from hurt.]
1.
Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as noxious air, food, climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as noxious practices or examples; noxious haunts of vice.
2.
Guilty; criminal.
Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. [Little used.]
3.
Unfavorable; injurious.
Too frequent appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotion.

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