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Word of the Day for Sunday, February 22, 2009 nocuous \NOK-yoo-uhs\, adjective: very hurtful; noxious The most important conclusions are that the bile of nocuous or venomous serpents is the most powerful antidote to venom. -- Nature, May-October 1898 "Let us take for example a nocuous stimulus, such as a strong electric current or wounding or cauterization of the skin." -- Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, Conditioned Reflexes by 1627 from Latin nocuus "hurtful," from root of nocere "to injure, harm," from causative form of Proto Indo-European *nek- "death." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for nocuous Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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