Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NOX'IOUS-NESS
NOX'IOUS-NESS, n.
- Hurtfulness; the quality that injures, impairs or destroys; insalubrity; as, the noxiousness of foul air.
- The quality that corrupts or perverts; as, the noxiousness of doctrines.
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