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prettygoodwordnocent (NOH-suhnt) - adj., harmful; (obs.) guilty.
The little-known stem of its antonym, innocent, where in- is that Latin variant of un-. The original 15th century Middle English sense, linked to innocent, was guilty, but the surviving sense is closer to its etymology: Latin nocent-, the stem form of nocēns, present participle of nocēre, to injure/harm. (Compare nocuous, the stem of its antonym, innocuous.)
---L.
The little-known stem of its antonym, innocent, where in- is that Latin variant of un-. The original 15th century Middle English sense, linked to innocent, was guilty, but the surviving sense is closer to its etymology: Latin nocent-, the stem form of nocēns, present participle of nocēre, to injure/harm. (Compare nocuous, the stem of its antonym, innocuous.)
---L.
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Date: 2024-04-09 10:04 pm (UTC)