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”; -ent
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
Salvo cuique sua h�reditas est, nulli nisi nocenti magistratus nocent.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
Multa bona nostra nobis nocent, timoris enim tormentum memorin reducit, providentia anticipat.
From Evolution and Ethics by Huxley, Thomas Henry
Among the many wise and weighty aphorisms of the Roman Bacon, few sound the realities of life more deeply than "Multa bona nostra nobis nocent."
From Evolution and Ethics by Huxley, Thomas Henry
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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