i 1 n 1 n 1 o 1 c 3 e 1 n 1 t 1
8 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a person who lacks knowledge of evil
adjective free from evil or guilt
adjective lacking intent or capacity to injure
originFrom Middle English innocent, from Old French innocent, inocent, borrowed from Latin innocēns (“harmless, inoffensive”), from in- (“not”) + nocēns, present participle of noceō (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + nocent (“harmful; guilty”). Displaced native Old English unsċyldiġ.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- conine 8
- incent 8
- nocent 8
- noetic 8
- notice 8
- cento 7
- conin 7
- conne 7
- conte 7
- eonic 7
- nonce 7
- oncet 7