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innocuous

adj
/ɪˈnɒkjuəs/UK/ɪˈnɑkjuəs/US

Etymology

From Latin innocuus (“harmless”) (therefore, no gemination in + nocuous).

  1. borrowed from innocuus

Definitions

  1. Harmless

    Harmless; producing no ill effect.

    • With its green cupola or tapering spire, / Which sunset touches with innocuous fire, / The little church appears, to sanctify / The precincts duly where men live and die— [...]
    • The shells fell for the most part innocuous; an eyewitness saw children at play beside the flaming houses; not a soul was injured.

  2. Inoffensive

    Inoffensive; unprovocative; unexceptionable.

    • Ruth Devlin announced that the song must wait, though it appeared to be innocuous and child-like in its sentiments.
    • He sat down, and lighted a cigarette, casting about the while for an innocuous topic of conversation.

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Derived

innocuity, innocuously, innocuousness, uninnocuous

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at innocuous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01innocuous02unexceptionable03reproach04scorn05refuse06garbage07vegetable08edible

A definitional loop anchored at innocuous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at innocuous

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA