'Noxiousness' definitions:
Definition of 'noxiousness'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of being noxious [syn: harmfulness, noisomeness, noxiousness]
Definition of 'Noxiousness'
From: GCIDE
- Noxious \Nox"ious\, a. [L. noxius, fr. noxa harm; akin to nocere to harm, hurt. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; injurious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as, noxious air, food, or climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as, noxious practices or examples. [1913 Webster]
- Too frequent an appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotions. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Guilty; criminal. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. --Abp. Bramhall. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Noisome; hurtful; harmful; injurious; destructive; pernicious; mischievous; corrupting; baneful; unwholesome; insalubrious. See Noisome. [1913 Webster] -- {Nox"ious*ly}, adv. -- {Nox"ious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]