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obnoxius.

punishable, liable, guilty, referring to:

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ɔbˈnɔk.si.ʊs]Classical-Latin[obˈnɔk.si.us]
  1. punishable, liable, guilty, referring to: the injured party

    Old-Latin · adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · rare
  2. punishable, liable, guilty, referring to: a fault

    Old-Latin · ablative · adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · genitive · with-dative
  3. punishable, liable, guilty, referring to: a punishment

    Old-Latin · adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  4. obliged, indebted

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  5. subject to someone, under one's authority

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  6. susceptible to danger, misfortune, or weakness, vulnerable

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  7. liable or addicted to a fault or failing, guilty of it

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  8. being security for a bond, debt, credit, etc., liable to be distressed, seized; extended to the debtor: answerable, e.g., by confinement or corporal punishment

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-der. Latin noxa Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin obnoxius From ob- (prefix meaning ‘against; towards’) + noxa (“harm, hurt, injury; crime, fault, offence”) + -ius (suffix forming adjectives).

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