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prettygoodword) wrote2017-11-20 07:45 am
prettygoodword) wrote2017-11-20 07:45 am
nocuous
nocuous (NOK-yoo-uhs) - adj., likely to cause injury, harmful, noxious.
The very rare stem form of innocuous, harmless. First used in 1627 by adapting Latin nocuus, harmful/injurious, from nocēre, to harm + a deverbalizing suffix (yes, Latin had those).
---L.
The very rare stem form of innocuous, harmless. First used in 1627 by adapting Latin nocuus, harmful/injurious, from nocēre, to harm + a deverbalizing suffix (yes, Latin had those).
---L.