Ob*nox"ious (&obreve;b*n&obreve;k"shŭs), a. [L. obnoxius; ob (see Ob-) + noxius hurtful. See Noxious.]
1. Subject; liable; exposed; answerable; amenable; --
with to.
The writings of
lawyers, which are tied obnoxious to their particular
laws.
Bacon.
Esteeming it more
honorable to live on the public than to be obnoxious to any private purse.
Milton.
Obnoxious, first or last,
To basest
things
Milton. 2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment; reprehensible; blameworthy. "The
contrived and interested
schemes of . . . obnoxious authors." Bp. Fell.
All are obnoxious, and this faulty land,
Like fainting Hester, does before you stand
Watching your scepter.
Waller. 3. Offensive; odious; hateful; as, an obnoxious statesman; a minister obnoxious
to the Whigs. Burke.
-- Ob*nox"ious*ly,
adv. -- Ob*nox"ious*ness, n. South.
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