Noxious (adj)
nok-shus
Harmful or injurious to health or physical well-being. / Morally harmful, corrupting.
1605–15; from Latin noxius harmful, hurtful, injurious, equivalent to nox, harm, hurt, injury (akin to nocēre to do harm, inflict injury)
Example sentences
“It’s going to take a lot to turn around the noxious attitudes that are prevailing.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
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