释义 |
veˈnene, a. Now rare or Obs. [Irreg. ad. L. venēn-um poison.] Poisonous, venomous.
1665G. Harvey Adv. agst. Plague 2 A great ebullition or fermentation ensuing between the Venene Corpuscles and the Vital Spirits. Ibid. 7 The more sulphurous parts..assume a venene nature, which expiring infect and venenate the air. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. (1713) 503/1 Which drives away by sweat the malignity of Venene, Pestilential, and Venereal Diseases. 1839J. Rogers Antipapopr. vi. §2. 225 It would leave behind no poisonous or venene particle of matter. |