Category:Noxious

Nox"ious, a. Etym: [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, n.