poisonaladj.
/ˈpɔɪzn̩(ə)l/, /ˈpɔɪz(ə)n(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪzən(ə)l/, /ˈpɔɪzn(ə)l/ rare.
Poisonous.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective] > making
corrupting1509
poisonful1520
infectivea1522
poisonous1555
infectious1574
seducing?1574
corruptful1596
depraving1606
corruptive1609
leavenous1649
poisonala1660
depravative1682
demoralizing1794
blotching1865
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [adjective] > corrupting > infecting
contagiousc1374
poisonful1520
infectivea1522
poisonous1555
infectious1574
poisonala1660
a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 132 That prejudicious and poysonall peace.
a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 85 Sufficient motiue to moue the moat-eaten conferences of these poysonall anti-Catholicks.
1996 Re: Broad side-effects of Ritalin? in alt.support.attn-deficit (Usenet newsgroup) 11 Dec. I am not opposed to the medicinal use of medicine. But I am opposed to the poisonal use of poison.
2003 Associated Press (Nexis) 17 Mar. Things get ‘poisonal’ in..Emerson's tale of Seattle firefighters who are victims of a poison that causes brain death within a week.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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