Definition of "nocuous" [noc•u•ous]

• Harmful; noxious. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The internet makes periodic, seemingly in-nocuous appearances throughout Jennifer Egan's new novel, A Visit From the Goon Squad."
• "Perfume or cologne applied on top of body odor combines to a nocuous smell for others."
• "Somewhere during the week shoulder pads became tied to an economic slowdown as did an almost nocuous kaleidoscope of color patterns."