Synonyms

nocent

American

[noh-suhnt] / ˈnoʊ sənt /

adjective

Rare.

harmful; injurious.

nocent chemical waste and other toxins.
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

Harmful

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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 Greg, Walter W.

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