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Webster 1913 Edition

Innocuous

In-noc′u-ous

,
Adj.
[L.
innocuus
;
in-
not +
nocuus
hurtful, fr.
nocere
to hurt. See
Innocent
.]
Harmless; producing no ill effect.
–
In-noc′u-ous-ly
,
adv.
–
In-noc′u-ous-ness
,
Noun.
Where the salt sea
innocuously
breaks.
Wordsworth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Innocuous

INNOC'UOUS

,
Adj.
[L. innocuus; in and noceo, to hurt.]
Harmless; safe; producing no ill effect; innocent. Certain poisons used as medicines in small quantities, prove not only innocuous, but beneficial. It applied only to things; not to persons.

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