adj.
Causing injury; harmful.
[Middle English nocent, guilty, from Latin nocēns, nocent-, present participle of nocēre, to harm.]
Dictionary:
no·cent (nō'sənt)
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[Middle English nocent, guilty, from Latin nocēns, nocent-, present participle of nocēre, to harm.]
| Obscure Words: nocent |
| WordNet: nocent |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
having a tendency to cause harm
| nociceptor | |
| nuisance | |
| Unpaired word |
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