nocent

Adjective

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Adjective (1)

  1. having a tendency to cause harmOpposite harmlessSimilar harmful
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

No′cent (nō′sent), adjective

Origin: 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. Isaac Watts

2. Guilty; — the opposite of innocent. obsolete or Fox, John Foxe

No′cent noun

A criminal. obsolete Sir Thomas Browne

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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