Monday, May 18, 2009

innocuous |iˈnäkyoōəs|

adjective
not harmful or offensive : it was an innocuous question.
DERIVATIVES
innocuously |1ˈnɑkjəwəsli| adverb
innocuousness |1ˈnɑkjəwəsnəs| noun
ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin innocuus, from in- ‘not’ + nocuus ‘injurious’ (see nocuous ).

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