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noxious

/ˈnɒkʃəs/NOK-shuhs
/ˈnɑkʃəs/NAHK-shuhs

Meaningharmful

Common meaning: harmful or poisonous

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√NAK‘be lost, perish, die’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 175, p. 736 · scan
  2. Latinnoceō; nex‘to harm’
  3. Englishnoxious‘harmful or poisonous’ · today

nox also in: innocentinnocuous

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin noceō; nex ‘to harm’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry noceō, p. 1211 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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