nocent

[ noh-suhnt ]

adjectiveRare.

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

Salvo cuique sua hreditas est, nulli nisi nocenti magistratus nocent.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3) | Henry Hallam
Light stripes may suffice for quelling the less nocent dunces.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 | Various
A court was established under an act of parliament in Dublin, to try the claims of 'nocent' and 'innocent' proprietors.
The Land-War In Ireland (1870) | James Godkin
If the proportions of nocent and innocent were the same, an immense number of innocent persons were deprived of their property.
The Land-War In Ireland (1870) | James Godkin
The judges, who were Englishmen, declared in their first session that 168 were innocent to 19 nocent.
The Land-War In Ireland (1870) | James Godkin

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