NOXIOUS, adjective [Latin from hurt.] 1. Hurtful; harmful; baneful; pernicious; destructive; unwholesome; insalubrious; as noxious air, food, climate; pernicious; corrupting to morals; as noxious practices or examples; noxious haunts of vice. 2. Guilty; criminal. Those who are noxious in the eye of the law. [Little used.] 3. Unfavorable; injurious. Too frequent appearance in places of public resort is noxious to spiritual promotion.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI