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Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: innocuus, from nocere; INNOCENT1

innocuous

 adjective
     
in?noc?u?ous
not offensive, dangerous, or harmful:
an innocuous remark
He's a perfectly innocuous young man.
?innocuously adverb
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