noxious (xas ksh)

[Lat. noxius hurtful, from nox a = hurt, harm, from the same root as noceo =to hurt.] 1. Hurtful, harmful, baneful, injurious, unwholesome, pernicious, destructive, mischievous; causing or liable to cause hurt, harm, or injury. Nowyed. "The huntsman ever gay, robust and bold, Defies the noxious vapor." Somerville: The Chase, i. 2. Morally hurtful, harmful, or pernicious; injurious, unfavorable. *3. Guilty, criminal, not innocent. "Those who are noxious in the eye of the law are justly punished." -Bramhall : Against Hobbes. nox-ious-lý (x as ksh), adv. [Eng. noxious; ly.] In a noxious manner or degree; hurtfully, perniciously, injuriously.