nocent
Americanadjective
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harmful; injurious.
nocent chemical waste and other toxins.
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guilty; not innocent.
Etymology
Origin of nocent
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin nocent-, stem of nocēns, present participle of nocēre “to harm, injure”; see -ent
Vocabulary lists containing nocent
Example Sentences
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Indeed, such are the human mind's defenses that the guilty often feel in nocent.
From Time Magazine Archive
While, shee sitts reading by the Glow-wormes light, Or rotten wood, o're which the worme hath crept, The banefull scedule of her nocent charmes.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
If the proportions of nocent and innocent were the same, an immense number of innocent persons were deprived of their property.
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by James Godkin
All plants, phanerogams or cryptogams, can be divided into nocent or innocent, etc., etc.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various
This leads to the remark that all parasitic growths are not nocent.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 by Various
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