Noxious Definition

nŏkshəs
adjective
Harmful to the health; injurious.
A noxious gas.
Webster's New World
Morally injurious; corrupting; unwholesome.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Noxious

  • From noxius (“hurtful, injurious"), from noxa (“hurt, injury"), from nocere (“to hurt, injure"); see nocent.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English noxius from Latin from noxa damage nek-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Noxious Sentence Examples

  • This change, which is called eosinophilia, indicates the production of a noxious substance in the blood.

  • Sulphuretted hydrogen is a noxious impurity, and its complete removal from the gas is usually imposed by parliament.

  • They knew poisonous plants, and could eliminate noxious properties.

  • Muller to include cases of mutual resemblance between two or more noxious species inhabiting the same area.

  • Poisonous or noxious animals usually have some special advertising attribute, sometimes the display of conspicuous coloration, as in the skunk; sometimes the emission of sound as in the rattlesnake; sometimes a combination of the two, as in the common porcupine and the large black scorpions of Africa and India.

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