INNOCENT


Meaning of INNOCENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈɪnəsənt ]

adj. & n. --adj. 1 free from moral wrong; sinless. 2 (usu. foll. by of) not guilty (of a crime etc.). 3 a simple; guileless; naìve. b pretending to be guileless. 4 harmless. 5 (foll. by of) colloq. without, lacking (appeared, innocent of shoes). --n. 1 an innocent person, esp. a young child. 2 (in pl.) the young children killed by Herod after the birth of Jesus (Matt. 2:16). øInnocents' (or Holy Innocents') Day the day, 28 Dec., commemorating the massacre of the innocents. øøinnocence n. innocency n. innocently adv. [ME f. OF innocent or L innocens innocent- (as IN-(1), nocere hurt)]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.