noxious

== English == === Alternative forms === noctious (obsolete) === Etymology === From Latin noxius (“hurtful, injurious”), from noxa (“hurt, injury”), from nocere (“to hurt, injure”); see nocent. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnɒkʃəs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnɑkʃəs/ === Adjective === noxious (comparative more noxious, superlative most noxious) Harmful; injurious. ==== Synonyms ==== harmful injurious scathing see also Thesaurus:harmful ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “noxious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “noxious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “noxious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “noxious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.