Nocent definition
Causing injury; harmful.
adjective
Causing harm or injury; hurtful.
adjective
Guilty or criminal.
adjective
Origin of nocent
- Middle English nocent guilty from Latin nocēns nocent- present participle of nocēre to harm nek-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English nocent (“guilty"), from Latin nocens, present participle of nocere (“to harm")
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