dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/nox_MW.json

{
  "noxious":{
    "antonyms":[
      "healthful",
      "healthy"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": disagreeable , obnoxious":[
        "this noxious political scandal",
        "\u2014 H. L. Ickes"
      ],
      ": physically harmful or destructive to living beings":[
        "noxious waste",
        "noxious fumes"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "mixing bleach and ammonia can cause noxious fumes that can seriously harm you",
      "noxious smog that for years has been encrusting the historic cathedral with soot",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In Colorado, Lani Malmberg and her son Donny Benz manage a herd of about 1,200 goats and have traveled to 17 states to create firebreaks, remove brush and noxious plants, and aerate the soil. \u2014 Cathy Free, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s an unflinching examination of a time when harmful racial stereotypes contributed to a noxious public perception about race \u2014 a societal problem whose echoes can be heard still. \u2014 Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com , 20 June 2022",
      "That left her with two options: a home in a noxious apartment there or no home at all. \u2014 Alan Judd, ajc , 19 June 2022",
      "The Senate passed legislation to expand healthcare and benefits for millions of veterans, especially those exposed to noxious chemicals. \u2014 WSJ , 17 June 2022",
      "Or to come close to so many rattlesnakes and noxious plants",
      "Sunk by a noxious combination of flat writing and flatter directing, the actors never get enough runway to make these characters anything but facsimiles of overwrought tropes. \u2014 Caroline Framke, Variety , 10 June 2022",
      "Despite long hours in cold temperatures, the crew found the work energizing; the absence of deafening noise and noxious fumes was refreshing. \u2014 Nick Romeo, The New Yorker , 4 May 2022",
      "The face value of this reality \u2014 the possibility of stripping womb-carriers of their dignity, safety, autonomy and choice \u2014 is a noxious fog that numbs the mind and restricts visibility. \u2014 Marina Gomberg, The Salt Lake Tribune , 30 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English noxius, borrowed from Latin noxius \"guilty, delinquent, harmful, injurious\" (derivative of noxa \"injurious behavior, harm, mischief\") + -us -ous ; noxa derivative (perhaps with -s- as a desiderative suffix) from the base of noc\u0113re \"to damage (things), injure, harm (persons),\" going back to Indo-European *no\u1e31-\u00e9i\u032fe- \"destroy\" (with semantic weakening in Latin), whence also Sanskrit n\u0101\u015b\u00e1yati \"(s/he) destroys,\" causative derivatives from a verbal base *ne\u1e31- \"disappear, pass out of existence, perish,\" whence, with varying ablaut grades, Sanskrit n\u00e1\u015byati \"(s/he) is lost, perishes,\" Avestan n\u0105sat \u0330 \"has gone away, is lost,\" Tocharian B n\u00e4k- \"destroy,\" (in middle voice) \"disappear, be destroyed\"":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u00e4k-sh\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for noxious pernicious , baneful , noxious , deleterious , detrimental mean exceedingly harmful. pernicious implies irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corrupting or undermining. the claim that pornography has a pernicious effect on society baneful implies injury through poisoning or destroying. the baneful notion that discipline destroys creativity noxious applies to what is both offensive and injurious to the health of a body or mind. noxious chemical fumes deleterious applies to what has an often unsuspected harmful effect. a diet found to have deleterious effects detrimental implies obvious harmfulness to something specified. the detrimental effects of excessive drinking",
    "synonyms":[
      "insalubrious",
      "noisome",
      "sickly",
      "unhealthful",
      "unhealthy",
      "unwholesome"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072439",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "NOx":{
    "type":[
      "abbreviation"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      "nitrogen oxide":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-164714"
  },
  "noxae deditio":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": noxal surrender":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-dit\u0113\u02cc\u014d",
      "-\u02ccs\u012bd-",
      "\u02c8n\u00e4k\u02ccs\u0113d\u0259\u0307\u02c8dish\u0113\u02cc\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, literally, surrender of that which has caused damage":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195701"
  },
  "noxal surrender":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "translation of Late Latin noxae deditio":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-204033"
  },
  "noxal":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": of or relating to damage or an injury caused by another's chattel":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u00e4ks\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin noxalis , from noxa + Latin -alis -al":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231213"
  },
  "noxal action":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an action brought against someone for damage or injury done by a person or animal belonging to him":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin noxalis actio":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-014411"
  }
}