Found 2 items, similar to nocent.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: nocent
nocent
adj : having a tendency to cause harm
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Nocent
Nocent
\No"cent\ (n[=o]"sent), a. [L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere
to hurt. See
Nuisance,
Noxious.]
1. Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful;
mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. --I. Watts.
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2. Guilty; -- the opposite of
innocent. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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Nocent
\No"cent\, n.
A criminal. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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