different between noxious vs expurgation

English

Alternative forms

• noctious (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin noxius (“hurtful, injurious”), from noxa (“hurt, injury”), from nocere (“to hurt, injure”); see nocent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?k??s/

Adjective

noxious (comparative more noxious, superlative most noxious)

1. Harmful; injurious.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "noxious" is often applied: substance, chemical, fume, gas, odor, plant, weed, animal, stimulus, stimulation.

Synonyms

• harmful
• injurious
• scathel
• see also Thesaurus:harmful

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• noxious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• noxious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• noxious at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “noxious”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

expurgation (countable and uncountable, plural expurgations)

1. The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

expurgation f (plural expurgations)

1. expurgation

Further reading

• “expurgation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).