| 单词 | arsenic-eater |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarsenic-eater arsenic-eater n. now chiefly historical a person who deliberately (and often habitually) eats small quantities of arsenic compounds in the belief that this will improve his or her health, appearance, or sexual potency; see also arsenic-eating n. ΚΠ 1837 Lancet 27 May 326/1 I have little hesitation in avowing my disbelief of the alleged cases of arsenic-eaters and corrosive sublimate-eaters, who could swallow whole drachms at once with impunity. 1881 H. E. Roscoe Chem. I. 528 The reasons which the arsenic-eaters give for the practice. 2004 P. Macinnis Poisons (2005) ii. 39 Emile had boasted that he was an arsenic eater. < as lemmas |
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