preece (01/07/83)
#R:csu-cs:-195600:uicsl:8600001:000:203 uicsl!preece Jan 5 14:40:00 1983 I seem to remember 'ob' is a Latin preposition meaning 'on account of,' so I don't associate it with negation. 'Nocere' was 'to harm', as I recall, so obnoxious would be 'on account of being harmful'? c
notes@zeppo.UUCP (10/24/83)
#R:csu-cs:-195600:zeppo:10200001:000:266 zeppo!mmc Jan 4 10:12:00 1983 The prefix 'ob' means 'against' (in a directional sense, as well as figuratively), 'toward', 'in the way of', 'on account of', etc. Thus, obloquy = speech against obdurate = hardened against obnoxious = harmful to object (v.) = throw in the way of [some notion]