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Princeton's WordNet
nocentadjective
having a tendency to cause harm
Wiktionary
nocentadjective
Causing injury; harmful.
Etymology: From nocent, from nocens, present participle of noceo
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Nocentadjective
Etymology: nocens, Latin.
The earl of Devonshire being interested in the blood of York, that was rather feared than nocent; yet as one, that might be the object of others plots, remained prisoner in the Tower during the king’s life. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
His head, well-stor’d with subtile wiles:
Not yet in horrid shade, or dismal den,
Nor nocent yet; but on the grassy herb,
Fearless unfear’d he slept. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.The warm limbec draws
Salubrious waters from the nocent brood. Philips.They meditate whether the virtues of the one will exalt or diminish the force of the other, or correct any of its nocent qualities. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.
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nocent
Nocent is an adjective that refers to causing harm, injury, or damage; being guilty or culpicious.
Webster Dictionary
Nocentadjective
doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful; mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities
Nocentadjective
guilty; -- the opposite of innocent
Nocentnoun
a criminal
Etymology: [L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere to hurt. See Nuisance, Noxious.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nocent
nō′sent, adj. (obs.) hurtful: guilty.—n. one who is hurtful or guilty.—adv. Nō′cently. [L. nocēre, to hurt.]
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nocten
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nocent in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nocent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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