NOXIOUS, a. [L. 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.
