Category:Nocent

No"cent, a. Etym: [l. nocens, p.pr. of nocere to hurt. See nuisance, Noxious.]

1. Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; Noxious; as, nocent qualities. I. Watts.

2. Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent. [obs.] Foxe.

Nocent No"cent, n.

Defn: a criminal. [obs.] Sir t. Browne.