poisonableadj.
/ˈpɔɪzn̩əbl/, /ˈpɔɪz(ə)nəbl/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪzənəb(ə)l/, /ˈpɔɪznəb(ə)l/ 1. Having the property of poisoning; poisonous. Also figurative. Chiefly Scottish in early use.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective]
atternc950
atteryc1000
venomousc1330
atteringc1400
poisonous1425
venenousc1425
malice1447
toxicatec1475
poisonable?a1505
empoisoning1526
venomful1544
poisonful1547
poisoning1561
infectious1585
poisonsome1590
banefula1593
poisony1605
toxical1607
aconic1623
mephitic1623
intoxicative1632
venefic1646
toxic1664
venene1665
venenose1673
virose1680
mephitical1704
venefical1716
septinous1875
virific1885
nocuous1890
biocidal1932
a1505 R. Henryson Orpheus & Eurydice 313 in Poems (1981) 142 Thy drink is poysonable.
1559 D. Lindsay Dreme 219 Machomete that propheit poysonabyll.
1645 J. Ussher Body of Divinity (1647) 368 Without the which they may be hurtfull and poisonable unto us.
1688 Old Kirk Chron. 57 It was lyklie she was poysoned by eating poysonabill herbis.
c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. liv. 247 The biting of a mad Dog is not so poisonable as is generally suppos'd.
1840 G. Webster Ingliston xxviii Sic a meltooth as micht..gie ony body the gulsheuch, as ye micht weel ken frae the pushionable smell that it sets up.
1891 Trans. Dumfries & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. 81 Toads, again, are considered ‘pushionable beasts’.
1981 Daily Herald (Chicago) 22 Oct. v. 10/1 Keep medicines and any poisonable materials out of children's reach.
1997 Hindu (Nexis) 14 Dec. 40 The Ginkgo trees that line many of the streets are said to be extremely poisonable.
2. Able to be poisoned; susceptible to poison. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > affected with poison > able to be
poisonable1846
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [adjective] > affected with > able to be
poisonable1846
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Poisonable, that may be poisoned.
1871 Sir J. Paget in Mem. & Lett. iii. 246 My blood and textures regained the state they had before..and I became again more poisonable.
1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 83 This number of insusceptible or, as I may call them, not poisonable people, must be left out of account.
1991 M. Nicholson Martha Jane & Me (1992) iv. 42 We used one of our red liquorice torpedo sweets, smearing it on our mouths and rubbing a little into our cheeks, and wished we were past the poisonable age.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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