poisonsomeadj.
/ˈpɔɪzns(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪzns(ə)m/ Now archaic and rare.
Charged or tainted with poison, poisonous.
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
1590 W. Clever Flower of Phisicke 120 They are poisonsome and deadly.
c1595 Capt. Wyatt in G. F. Warner Voy. R. Dudley to W. Indies (1899) 19 This ilande beinge soe poisensome a place..might breed some contagious infection amonge our men.
1608 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World 168 Most huge Dragons & poysonsome.
1650 S. Clarke Calvin in Lives Fathers (1654) 638 The poysonsom Doctrines of the Libertines and Carpocratians.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 123/1 Poisonsom Smokes..are..in their Kinds and Degrees hurtful.
1710 Catal. Tell-tales 5 Like a snake, [it] has a poisonsome Venom, and will Mortally wound.
1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xiii. 256 A poisonsome look was in his eyes.
Derivatives
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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
1645 J. Ussher Body of Divinitie 143 Because there are principles of hurtfulnesse and poysonsomnesse in them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1590