Nŏx'ious, a.

(nŏk'shus), a. [Lat. noxius, from noxa, harm, from nocere, to harm, hurt.] 1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples. Too frequent appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotion. Swift. 2. Guilty; criminal. [Rare.] Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. Bramhall. Syn.—Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; unfavorable; insalubrious. See NOISOME.