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OBNOXIOUS (Lat. obnoxiosus, from ob, over, against, and noxa, harm)

OBNOXIOUS (See also:
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Lat. obnoxiosus, from ob, over, against, and noxa, harm) , a word originally meaning " exposed to harm or injury," but now " exciting aversioh or dislike." The current use See also:

DATES

dates from the later 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century .

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