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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obnoxious /əbˈnɒkʃəs/
▶adjective extremely unpleasant.
– derivatives
obnoxiously adverb,
obnoxiousness noun.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘vulnerable (to harm)’): from L. obnoxiosus, from obnoxius ‘exposed to harm’, from ob- ‘towards’ + noxa ‘harm’.



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a coarse obnoxious person
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