Innocuity
[ih-nok-yoo-uh s] /ɪˈnɒk yu əs/
adjective
1.
not harmful or injurious; harmless:
an innocuous home remedy.
2.
not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive; an innocuous remark.
3.
not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid:
an innocuous novel.
/ɪˈnɒkjʊəs/
adjective
1.
having little or no adverse or harmful effect; harmless
adjective
unlikely to arouse strong feeling; insipid
Word Origin
Latin in- + nocere ‘to injure’
adj.
1590s, from Latin innocuus “harmless,” from in- “not” (see in- (1)) + nocuus “hurtful,” from root of nocere “to injure, harm,” from *nok-s-, suffixed form of PIE root *nek- “death” (see necro-). Related: Innocuously; innocuousness.
innocuous in·noc·u·ous (ĭ-nŏk’yōō-əs)
adj.
Having no adverse effect; harmless.
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