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   Noxious , a. [L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.]
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   Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples.
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   Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions.
   Swift.
   
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   Guilty; criminal. [R.]
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   Those who are noxious in the eye of the law.
   Abp. Bramhall.
   
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   Syn. -- Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See Noisome.
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   -- Nox"ious*ly, adv. -- Nox"ious*ness, n.
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