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INNOXIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does innoxious mean?
• INNOXIOUS (adjective)
The adjective INNOXIOUS has 1 sense:
1. having no adverse effect
Familiarity information: INNOXIOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having no adverse effect
Similar:
innocuous (not injurious to physical or mental health)
Context examples
Lady Dalrymple and Miss Carteret—they would soon be innoxious cousins to her.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather than their quantity.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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