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poisonedadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poison v., -ed suffix1. Etymology: < poison v. + -ed suffix1. 1. the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > affected with poison the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > poisoned the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [adjective] > affected with a1400 (a1325) (Fairf. 14) 21056 (MED) Þe poysoned [a1400 Gött. puisund; a1400 Trin. Cambr. Poysende; Coll. Phys. pussund; a1400 Vesp. prusund] mon he raised raþ. 1483 (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 295 Pusond, toxicatus, venenatus. 1563 N. Winȝet (1890) II. 19/27 Bot that he præfer the helthe of the haill body to ane poysonnit or corruptit membre. 1599 in J. B. Tennent (1899) 10 Everie hurt, murtherit, poisonit or onie other persoun tane awa extraordinarly. 1601 R. Chester 92 There is Angellica or Dwarfe Gentian..From death it doth preserue the poysoned man. 1607 E. Topsell 131 His blood..being drunke in Wine it is good against poysoned woundes, and all intoxications. 1703 M. Chudleigh Song of Three Children in From th' infectious Stench the poison'd Fishes fled, And on the putrid Mud in noisom Heaps lay dead. 1729 J. Swift 21 Mar. To have done with the world..if I could get into a better..and not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole. 1860 R. G. Mayne Toxæmia,..a contaminated state of the blood, as in syphilis; poisoned blood; toxemy. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. VIII. 641 There is a distinct history of a poisoned wound. 1935 A. Francis 165 An ivory serrated spike six or more inches long, which is a dangerous weapon, as it produces a lacerated poisoned wound. 1945 W. S. Graham Let. 28 Nov. in (1999) 53 The yellow cat died envenomed from a poisoned rat from a farm near. 1989 Oct. 180/2 There was a fifth flush of poisoned leaves now, and the tree's branches seemed saggy and desiccated. society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > corrupted or corrupt 1567 (1897) 9 Our poysound nature..Can neuer mair this law fulfill. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens iii. lxxx. 430 A Pharisee, who maketh a glorious and beautifull shewe, but inwardly is of a corrupt and poysoned nature. 1664 K. Philips xxxix. 113 Redeem the poyson'd Age, let it be seen There's no such freedom as to serve a Queen. 1706 D. Defoe Introd. p. iv Spermatick Vigour spreads the poison'd Race, Conveys Hereditary Crimes apace. 1748 S. Johnson 104 With slavish tenets taint our poison'd youth. 1831 Oct. 502 The virus of the poisoned orthodoxy, shedding its influences afar and its miasmata on the pinions of every breeze. 1910 E. M. Forster xiii. 657 Her thoughts were poisoned. 1997 (Nexis) 8 June b3 The poisoned mind of a coldblooded, all-American mass murderer. 2. the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > of or relating to venom > venomous (Harl. 221) 407 Poysenyd, virulentus. 1533 T. More i. xvi. f. lxxiii All ye poysened serpentes of hell. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil ii. 35 The owtpeaking from weeds of poysoned adder. 1639 H. Mill sig. N6 A cockatrice thou art, or poyson'd Aspe. 1764 P. Gibbes II. 83 The Generality of our Sex..shun her as they would the poisoned Adder. c1858 S. S. Steele Crock of Gold iv. iii, in (1941) XIV. 228 You must have swallowed a poisoned toad, old pike—let me unchoke you. 1871 W. Alexander xvii Johnny in his heat, even defined Dawvid Hadden as a ‘pushion't ted [= toad]’. 1926 16 Sept. 3/3 My specimen case is filling fast, especially with poisoned snakes. 2000 (Nexis) 22 June e1 Landscapes filled with the poisoned snakes and vast deserts of the outback. the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adjective] > and poisonous the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective] > in the manner of poison a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in (1998) I. 202 It salbe blawin owt, How that thow, poysonit pelour, gat thy paikis. 1549 H. Latimer 4th Serm. sig. Mi An other kynd of poysoned heritikes, that were called Donatistes. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ 1 Right poysond, persecuting & terrible priests. 1636 W. Sampson v. ii Why, thou poison'd sowter, wood'st thou have a Puritan speake to a Play? 3. the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > rendered poisonous a1470 T. Malory (Winch. Coll.) 1049 Hit myssehapped hym to take a poysonde apple. 1559 D. Lindsay 189 In to this painefull poysonit pytt of hell. 1587 G. Turberville f. 126 A poysoned drench. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Introd. 27 Which causeth them to shoote poisoned arrowes. a1680 Jus Populi 414 in G. Hickes (1680) 68 They need not fear either Dag, or Dagger, Pistol, or poisoned poinyard. 1725 D. Defoe i. 97 For fear of their poison'd Arrows. 1761 G. Colman Prol. Drawcansir Death had rag'd without Controul, Here the drawn Dagger, there the poison'd Bowl. 1825 C. Waterton i. i. 89 They will..send the poisoned dart from the blow-pipe true to its destination. 1886 J. Ruskin II. iii. 89 The Dog's grotto with its floor a foot deep in poisoned air. 1964 L. Cochran vi. 53 All but the leader [sc. a wolf] had met their death by eating poisoned baits set by bounty hunters. 2005 (Nexis) 3 Jan. (Showbiz section) 28 Rebecca prepared a poisoned drink for Eve in an attempt to get her husband back. the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective] society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [adjective] > corrupting > infecting > charged with moral poison 1529 T. More ii. f. xxxviiv The dreggys of olde poysonyd heresyes, in whych they fell a quaftyng wyth the dyuell. 1567 in J. H. Burton (1877) 1st Ser. I. 537 That the youtheid be nocht infectit be poysonit doctrine. 1611 M. Smith in Transl. Pref. 3 The Scripture is..a Physi[ci]ons-shop of preseruatiues against poisoned heresies. a1649 W. Drummond (1711) 55/2 The candid poyson'd Baits Of Jesuites. 1741 C. Middleton II. x. 391 The flatteries and poisoned honors of the Senate. 1797 E. Burke Lett. Peace Regic. France iii, in (1808) VIII. 280 It is truly dreadful if it be an arm of Styx, which springs out of the profoundest depths of a poisoned soil. 1889 Aug. 436/1 Practically this philosophy results in the worship of force, and prepares and cries up the Bismarckian era, of which it is the poisoned efflorescence. 1939 Nov. 90/1 What they got..was a tissue of half-truths, ‘edited’ information, cajolings, veiled threats, tacit promises, poisoned statistics, doped ‘dope’ stories, and rumors. 1995 17 Oct. 1/3 Mr Lewis' treatment may mean finding a successor to take on such a poisoned brief is a tall order. Compounds a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) i. vii. 11 This euen-handed Iustice Commends th' Ingredience of our poyson'd Challice To our owne lips. View more context for this quotation 1761 A. Bower V. 207 As for the poisoned Chalice, and the consecrated Wine, he caused them to be shut up in an Altar. 1794 S. T. Coleridge Monody Death Chatterton (rev. ed.) in T. Chatterton p. xxviii Ah! dash the poison'd Chalice from thy Hand! 1841 Aug. 243 In an evil hour he listened to the voice of the syren—he found her proffered cup of promised bliss a poisoned chalice. 1852 B. Disraeli ii. 34 Availing himself with happy readiness of the distressing incident, he [sc. Lord John Russell] endured the mortification of confessing to his sovereign his inability to serve her, and handed back with courtesy the poisoned chalice to Sir Robert [Peel]. 1943 J. C. Miller v. 117 Rockingham consented, but he soon discovered that he had accepted a poisoned chalice. 2000 18 June (Sport section) 12/5 The growing feeling [is] that pole position has become something of a poisoned chalice, the winner during the past 12 races having come from elsewhere on the starting grid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  adj.a1400 |
