Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

innocuous

 

1) harmless; 2) not offensive:

 

She no longer considers fairy tales innocuous; instead she condemns them as purveyors of violence, injustice, and prejudice.

 

Related English word: innocuousness

 

Latin root words: innocuus, innocua, innocuum - harmless; noceo, nocere, nocui, nociturus (with dative) - to do harm (to), hurt, injure 

 

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