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Ob`mu*tes"cence
(&obreve;b`m&usl;*t&ebreve;s"sens), n. [L.
obmutescens, p. pr of obmutescere to become dumb;
ob (see Ob-) + mutescere to grow dumb, fr.
mutus dumb.] 1. A becoming dumb; loss of
speech. Sir T. Browne.

2. A keeping silent or mute.
Paley.

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.

Esteeming it more honorable to live on the public than
to be obnoxious to any private purse.

Obnoxious, first or last,

To basest things

2. Liable to censure; exposed to punishment;
reprehensible; blameworthy. "The contrived and interested
schemes of .


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