nocive

English

Etymology

From Latin nocīvus, derived from noceō (I harm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnəʊsɪv/
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  • Rhymes: -əʊsɪv

Adjective

nocive (comparative more nocive, superlative most nocive)

  1. (archaic) Hurtful, injurious; noxious.
    • [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, [], London: [] Iohn Windet, [], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
      Again, be it that some nocive or hurtful thing be towards us, must Fear of necessity follow hereupon?

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

nocive

  1. feminine singular of nocif

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Italian

Adjective

nocive f pl

  1. feminine plural of nocivo

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Latin

Adjective

nocīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of nocīvus