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† veneˈnosity Obs.
[ad. med.L. venēnōsitas: see prec. and -osity. So It. venenosità, Sp. venenosidad, older F. venenosité (Paré).]
Poisonous quality or property.
1539Elyot Cast. Helthe (1541) 56 b, Men have nede to beware, what medycines they receyve, that in them be no venenositie, malyce, or corruption. 1574Newton Health Mag. 24 Notwithstanding this their venenositie attributed to them by Avicen,..I woulde not willinglie refuse them for sustentation. 1638A. Read Chirurg. xv. 109 Poysonable spirits..may be mingled with metals, so that they may participate of their venenositie. 1665G. Harvey Adv. agst. Plague 14 We should continually fortifie our spirits with internal Antidotes, to expell those Venenosities, as fast as they croud in. a1691Boyle Wks. (1772) IV. 318 The venenosity they suspect in that corrosive menstruum. |