poisonousadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɔɪzn̩əs/,

/ˈpɔɪznəs/, U.S.

/ˈpɔɪzn̩əs/,

/ˈpɔɪznəs/

Forms: see poison n. and -ous suffix; also 1500s pisonse, 1600s poisnous, 1600s–1700s poys'nous (poetic), 1600s– pois'nous (poetic).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poison n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < poison n. + -ous suffix.

1. Containing, or of the nature of, poison; having the properties of a poison; venomous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective]

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atteryc1000

venomousc1330

atteringc1400

poisonous1425

venenousc1425

malice1447

toxicatec1475

poisonable?a1505

empoisoning1526

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poisonful1547

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infectious1585

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banefula1593

poisony1605

toxical1607

aconic1623

mephitic1623

intoxicative1632

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toxic1664

venene1665

venenose1673

virose1680

mephitical1704

venefical1716

septinous1875

virific1885

nocuous1890

biocidal1932

1425 When Crist was Risen (Ashm. 42) f. 126^v Nedders vnstangid sall þai bere; Poysonouse drink sall þaim noȝt dere.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors sig. D5^v Lightning that striketh a poysenous beaste purgeth it from the poyson.

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors sig. H2^v There be ryuers, whose waters are poyson, this maye be naturally, the water running through poysonous minerals, taking much fume of them.

1665 R. Howard & J. Dryden Indian-queen iii, in R. Howard Four New Plays 156 Yet we destroy the poisonous Vipers young.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 77 Nor pois'nous Aconite is here produc'd.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 15/2 A Steam..so poysonous, that..it..infected all Asia.

1789 W. Paterson Narr. Four Journeys Country of Hottentots 163 The Kouse Band, or Garter Snake, is another of the poisonous reptiles of that country.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 109 The Deadly Nightshade... All parts of the plant are poisonous.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 109 When taken in large or poisonous doses.

1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 257 Gas shells, ordinary shells from which the greater part of explosive has been taken and replaced by a poisonous liquid, which, when the shell bursts, turns into a poisonous vapor or gas.

1988 M. Gee Grace ii. 7 Other countries send us their poisonous waste.

a. Morally destructive or corrupting; conveying an evil influence; malevolent, malignant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective]

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foulOE

unwholec1000

thewlessa1327

corrupt1340

viciousc1340

unwholesomec1374

infecta1387

rustyc1390

unsound?a1400

rottenc1400

rotten-heartedc1405

cankereda1450

infectedc1449

wasted1483

depravate?1520

poisoned1529

deformed1555

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reprobate1557

corrupted1563

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base-minded1573

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Gomorrhean1581

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ulcerous1611

vitial1614

debauchc1616

deboise1632

pravous1653

depravea1711

unhealthy1821

scrofulous1842

septic1914

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

1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. liii^v A resemblance is taken of the fourme of a beaste: as yf you wil paint out a rauening, or poysonous man like to a crested dragon,..loking euery where, vpon whom he may..teare with his nayles.

1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc i. i My lordes, be playne, without all wrie respect Or poysonous craft to speake in pleasyng wise.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella civ Enuious wits, what hath bene mine offence, That with such poysonous care my lookes you marke?

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 14 Many Poysonous Opinions having gone abroad.

1713 London Gaz. No. 5127/5 Poisonous Prefaces (..gilded with the specious Pretence of Zeal).

1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. ii. 18 People..read the poisonous and inflammatory libels.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ix. xv. 200 The falsehood of their poisonous lips.

1899 A. White Mod. Jew ii. 37 When Russia became the chief accomplice in the murder of Polish liberty.., the poisonous Jewish Question infected her life-blood. She acquired the disease in a peculiarly intractable form.

1926 B. Webb My Apprenticeship i. 52 A poisonous cynicism about human relations.

1991 S. Arterburn & J. Felton Toxic Faith iii. 71 I have seen some very depressed mothers who let their children be abused because they didn't think they could counter the head of the house... Their desire to be submissive was poisonous to themselves and to their families.

†b. Destructive of. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective]

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undone1340

ruinous?a1439

violablea1470

perniciousc1475

destructive1490

confusible1502

destroying1535

exitiable1548

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peremptory1567

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in suds1611

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wreckinga1677

fatal1692

quadrumanous1704

interdestructive1805

annihilatory1825

demolitionary1834

ruinatious1845

consumptive1860

thunderous1874

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > to or for some thing or person

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nought1532

naughty1573

poisonousa1616

venomousa1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 136 You might condemne vs As poysonous of your Honour.

3. colloquial. Unpleasant, nasty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

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unsweetc890

grimlyc893

unquemeOE

un-i-quemeOE

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undelightinga1774

nice and ——1796

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ungracious1807

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uncongenial1813

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ferocious1877

displeasurable1879

rebarbative1892

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crook1898

naar1900

peppery1901

negative1902

poisonous1906

off-putting1935

unsympathetic1937

piggy1942

funky1946

umpty1948

pooey1967

minging1970

Scrooge-like1976

sucky1984

stank1991

stanky1991

1906 Daily Chron. 6 Mar. 4/7 ‘Awfully’, ‘rotten’—and ‘poisonous’, which is rapidly superseding both—are probably the most ill-used words in the English language as it is spoken.

1912 E. Pugh Harry the Cockney xi. 121 Foolish habit to think at any time, Weaver. But to think on an empty stomach—it's poisonous. Poisonous!

1929 P. Gibbs Hidden City xxxix. 189 It's something to do with that poisonous little beast Benito..the boy she dances with.

1992 Daily Tel. 24 July 15/1 There are attempts..to show what a poisonous snob Columbus was.

Compounds

poisonous-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1832 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 18 Oct. (1835) I. 207 If the gentlemen proprietors..would rain this very poisonous-looking repository for bull frogs.

1907 W. D. Howells Through Eye of Needle (1910) 216 Poisonous-looking sorts [of fungi].

1993 C. Storm Sign for Sacred (BNC) 211 The trees thinned to reveal what once might have been a clearing but which now resembled only a poisonous-looking wilderness.

† poisonous tongued adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. ii. 5 What false Italian, (As poysonous tongu'd, as handed)?

Derivatives

ˈpoisonousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > quality of being poisonous

venomousty1377

venomoushead14..

venomousness?1527

venenosity1541

venomness1543

poisonsomeness1645

poisonousness1650

toxicity1881

toxity1887

1650 J. French tr. Paracelsus Of Nature of Things 58 in tr. M. Sędziwóg New Light of Alchymie By this means all the impurity, blacknesse, and poisonousnesse is taken away.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Poisonousness, poisonous Quality.

1868 H. Draper Text-bk. Chem. lxxvi. 426 The preparation of these compounds is very dangerous, from their explosibility and poisonousness.

1935 Science 14 June 8/1 The development and poisonousness of these germs may be somewhat hindered.

2003 Economist.Com (Nexis) 28 Oct. In capital markets unhappiness comes under the broad headings of economic risk and political risk, but these can be combined in cocktails of unique poisonousness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poisonous
释义	poisonousadj. Brit. /ˈpɔɪzn̩əs/, /ˈpɔɪznəs/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪzn̩əs/, /ˈpɔɪznəs/ Forms: see poison n. and -ous suffix; also 1500s pisonse, 1600s poisnous, 1600s–1700s poys'nous (poetic), 1600s– pois'nous (poetic). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poison n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < poison n. + -ous suffix. 1. Containing, or of the nature of, poison; having the properties of a poison; venomous. ΘΚΠ 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 1425 When Crist was Risen (Ashm. 42) f. 126^v Nedders vnstangid sall þai bere; Poysonouse drink sall þaim noȝt dere. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors sig. D5^v Lightning that striketh a poysenous beaste purgeth it from the poyson. 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors sig. H2^v There be ryuers, whose waters are poyson, this maye be naturally, the water running through poysonous minerals, taking much fume of them. 1665 R. Howard & J. Dryden Indian-queen iii, in R. Howard Four New Plays 156 Yet we destroy the poisonous Vipers young. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 77 Nor pois'nous Aconite is here produc'd. View more context for this quotation 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 15/2 A Steam..so poysonous, that..it..infected all Asia. 1789 W. Paterson Narr. Four Journeys Country of Hottentots 163 The Kouse Band, or Garter Snake, is another of the poisonous reptiles of that country. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 109 The Deadly Nightshade... All parts of the plant are poisonous. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 109 When taken in large or poisonous doses. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 257 Gas shells, ordinary shells from which the greater part of explosive has been taken and replaced by a poisonous liquid, which, when the shell bursts, turns into a poisonous vapor or gas. 1988 M. Gee Grace ii. 7 Other countries send us their poisonous waste. 2. a. Morally destructive or corrupting; conveying an evil influence; malevolent, malignant. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective] sickc960 foulOE unwholec1000 thewlessa1327 corrupt1340 viciousc1340 unwholesomec1374 infecta1387 rustyc1390 unsound?a1400 rottenc1400 rotten-heartedc1405 cankereda1450 infectedc1449 wasted1483 depravate?1520 poisoned1529 deformed1555 poisonous1555 reprobate1557 corrupted1563 prave1564 base-minded1573 tainted1577 Gomorrhean1581 vice-like1589 depraved1593 debauched1598 deboshedc1598 tarish1601 sunk1602 speckled1603 deboist1604 diseased1608 ulcerous1611 vitial1614 debauchc1616 deboise1632 pravous1653 depravea1711 unhealthy1821 scrofulous1842 septic1914 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 1555 R. Sherry Treat. Figures Gram. & Rhetorike f. liii^v A resemblance is taken of the fourme of a beaste: as yf you wil paint out a rauening, or poysonous man like to a crested dragon,..loking euery where, vpon whom he may..teare with his nayles. 1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc i. i My lordes, be playne, without all wrie respect Or poysonous craft to speake in pleasyng wise. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella civ Enuious wits, what hath bene mine offence, That with such poysonous care my lookes you marke? 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 14 Many Poysonous Opinions having gone abroad. 1713 London Gaz. No. 5127/5 Poisonous Prefaces (..gilded with the specious Pretence of Zeal). 1769 W. Draper in ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. ii. 18 People..read the poisonous and inflammatory libels. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ix. xv. 200 The falsehood of their poisonous lips. 1899 A. White Mod. Jew ii. 37 When Russia became the chief accomplice in the murder of Polish liberty.., the poisonous Jewish Question infected her life-blood. She acquired the disease in a peculiarly intractable form. 1926 B. Webb My Apprenticeship i. 52 A poisonous cynicism about human relations. 1991 S. Arterburn & J. Felton Toxic Faith iii. 71 I have seen some very depressed mothers who let their children be abused because they didn't think they could counter the head of the house... Their desire to be submissive was poisonous to themselves and to their families. †b. Destructive of. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [adjective] fellc1330 undone1340 ruinous?a1439 violablea1470 perniciousc1475 destructive1490 confusible1502 destroying1535 exitiable1548 ruinate1562 peremptory1567 wrackful1578 slaughterous1582 ruinating1595 ruining1605 corrumpent1607 wracksome1608 in suds1611 destructory1614 poisonousa1616 wrakefulc1625 predatory1626 predatorious1641 demolishing1648 untwined1649 undoing1654 destructionable1656 destructful1659 mortal1670 wreckinga1677 fatal1692 quadrumanous1704 interdestructive1805 annihilatory1825 demolitionary1834 ruinatious1845 consumptive1860 thunderous1874 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > to or for some thing or person grievous1398 nought1532 naughty1573 poisonousa1616 venomousa1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. iii. 136 You might condemne vs As poysonous of your Honour. View more context for this quotation 3. colloquial. Unpleasant, nasty. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 1906 Daily Chron. 6 Mar. 4/7 ‘Awfully’, ‘rotten’—and ‘poisonous’, which is rapidly superseding both—are probably the most ill-used words in the English language as it is spoken. 1912 E. Pugh Harry the Cockney xi. 121 Foolish habit to think at any time, Weaver. But to think on an empty stomach—it's poisonous. Poisonous! 1929 P. Gibbs Hidden City xxxix. 189 It's something to do with that poisonous little beast Benito..the boy she dances with. 1992 Daily Tel. 24 July 15/1 There are attempts..to show what a poisonous snob Columbus was. Compounds poisonous-looking adj. ΚΠ 1832 F. A. Butler Jrnl. 18 Oct. (1835) I. 207 If the gentlemen proprietors..would rain this very poisonous-looking repository for bull frogs. 1907 W. D. Howells Through Eye of Needle (1910) 216 Poisonous-looking sorts [of fungi]. 1993 C. Storm Sign for Sacred (BNC) 211 The trees thinned to reveal what once might have been a clearing but which now resembled only a poisonous-looking wilderness. † poisonous tongued adj. Obsolete ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. ii. 5 What false Italian, (As poysonous tongu'd, as handed)? View more context for this quotation Derivatives ˈpoisonousness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > quality of being poisonous venomousty1377 venomoushead14.. venomousness?1527 venenosity1541 venomness1543 poisonsomeness1645 poisonousness1650 toxicity1881 toxity1887 1650 J. French tr. Paracelsus Of Nature of Things 58 in tr. M. Sędziwóg New Light of Alchymie By this means all the impurity, blacknesse, and poisonousnesse is taken away. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Poisonousness, poisonous Quality. 1868 H. Draper Text-bk. Chem. lxxvi. 426 The preparation of these compounds is very dangerous, from their explosibility and poisonousness. 1935 Science 14 June 8/1 The development and poisonousness of these germs may be somewhat hindered. 2003 Economist.Com (Nexis) 28 Oct. In capital markets unhappiness comes under the broad headings of economic risk and political risk, but these can be combined in cocktails of unique poisonousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1425
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