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nontoxic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English nontoxic From non- + toxic.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not toxic; not poisonous.
   • The Try Guys, like everyone making a living online, were inevitably shaped by their audience’s desires: They and their fans all had their hands on the Ouija board, and together they conjured a nontoxic brand of masculinity — until Fulmer flicked the lights on, exposing the fantasy. 2022 October 25, Willy Staley, “The Try Guys and the Prison of Online Fame”, in The New York Times Magazine:

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Antonyms

toxic · poisonous

Hypernyms

innocuous · harmless

Synonyms

nonpoisonous · atoxic

Translations (14)

mr बिनविषारी (not toxic) · sv ogiftig (not toxic) · de atoxisch (not toxic) · es no tóxico (not toxic) · nl atoxisch (not toxic) · ro atoxic (not toxic) · pl nietoksyczny (not toxic) · pl atoksyczny (not toxic) · fr atoxique (not toxic) · da ugiftig (not toxic) · fi myrkytön (not toxic) · it atossico (not toxic) · de ungiftig (not toxic) · pt atóxico (not toxic)

nontoxic en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English nontoxic From non- + toxic.

Meanings

1. A substance that is not toxic.
   • I've simplified car cleaning to just the basic nontoxics. 1997, Karen Logan, Clean House Clean Planet, page 101:
   • The point is that increasingly we'll have two choices: fight lead bans and lose, or learn what nontoxics work for upland birds. 2008, Phil Bourjaily, “New Age Birdshot”, in Field & Stream, volume 113, number 2, page 26:

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