Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Nocent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nocent \No"cent\, n.
A criminal. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Nocent \No"cent\, a. [L. nocens, p. pr. of nocere to hurt. See
{Nuisance}, {Noxious}.]
1. Doing hurt, or having a tendency to hurt; hurtful;
mischievous; noxious; as, nocent qualities. --I. Watts.
2. Guilty; -- the opposite of innocent. [Obs.] --Foxe.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
nocent
adj : having a tendency to cause harm
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