empoisonmentn.

Brit.

/ɪmˈpɔɪznm(ə)nt/,

/ɛmˈpɔɪznm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ᵻmˈpɔɪzənm(ə)nt/,

/ɛmˈpɔɪzənm(ə)nt/

Forms: see empoison v. and -ment suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: empoison v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < empoison v. + -ment suffix. Compare earlier poisonment n.

Now rare (somewhat archaic in later use).

1. The action of administering poison to a person or animal; the fact of being poisoned. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > poisoning

venoming1382

empoisoning?c1400

poisoninga1425

intoxicationc1450

empoisonment1569

ergotism1884

ergotization1886

1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes iii. 45 Against empoysonments [It. veleni].

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 161 Good against the empoisonment of the sea-hare.

1600 M. Sutcliffe Briefe Replie to Libel v. 104 The apostles..neuer taught..empoisonment of princes.

1653 A. Wilson Five Years King Iames 84 I have found in the Book of God, examples of all other offences, but not any one of an Impoysonment.

1727 J. Swift Further Acc. E. Currl III. i. 154 The manner of Mr. Curll's impoisonment.

1752 tr. V.-C. Châlons Hist. France I. 382 They..compell'd him to grant the king of Navarre whatever he desired, in reparation for the injury of his impoisonment.

1815 Monthly Mag. 39 309 Sudden death, so like an empoisonment.

1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 49/1 You..rarely find an empoisonment..committed in England for policy.

1925 E. A. Abbot Overbury Myst. iii. xxxv. 303 He had to convince the jury that Somerset had played an active part in the actual empoisonment.

†a. The action or fact of treating or impregnating something with poison in order to make it harmful. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > making poisonous or poisoned

envenomingc1386

empoisoning?c1400

empoisonment1599

1599 F. Bacon Let. Strange Conspiracie 5 It was the impoysonment of the pommell of the Queenes Sadell, at such time as shee should ride abroad.

1825 London Mag. 1 Dec. 483 The empoisonment of his [sc. a spider's] talons, that he may fight..with the more deadly success.

b. The action of contaminating or fact of becoming contaminated with a harmful or noxious substance, an infection, etc.; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun]

solwinessa1300

befiling1340

filing1340

sulpinga1350

defouling1382

defoula1387

pollutionc1422

inquination1447

contagya1513

coinquination?1550

defiling1585

dirting1591

tainture1609

impuration1614

conspurcation1616

contamination1620

empoisonment1626

defilement1637

contagion1662

dirtying1674

polluting1897

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §915 And these Empoisonments of air are the more dangerous in meetings of people.

1831 Times 1 Dec. 4/5 The evil before all others to which I attach importance..is that habitual empoisonment of soil and air which is inseparable from our tidal drainage.

1832 Veterinarian May 268 The superficial lymphatics first go to work, and they are most susceptible to the empoisonment of the virus.

1852 Era 10 Oct. 8/3 The coffins were broken up to make room for fresh comers, the result being the empoisonment of the air with morbific gases.

1913 Alienist & Neorologist 34 438 Microbic empoisonment or other toxhemias.

3. figurative. The action or fact of corrupting, spoiling, or harming. Cf. empoison v. II.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > damaging or injuring

spillinga1122

impairment1340

marring1357

damaginga1400

defacingc1400

spoiling1479

violation?c1500

facingc1540

deface1556

defacement1561

infection1563

spoil1575

endamageance1594

damagement1603

mismaking1615

empoisonmenta1626

vitiation1635

vitiating1669

spoilage1815

savaging1858

spoliation1867

mucking about1969

society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting

adulteration1502

corrupting1565

empoisonmenta1626

debauching1645

corruption1654

a1626 F. Bacon Charge against M. L. S. W. & H. I. in Resuscitatio (1657) 77 The false Information, to a King; exceeds in Offence, the false Information, of any other kind; Being a kind..of Impoysonment, of a Kings Ear.

1820 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 2/2 Wretched French prostitutes, purchased and sent over for the further empoisonment of his political principles.

1886 F. W. Farrar Westm. Serm. in Libr. Mag. (N.Y.) 16 Oct. 595 His bad example is a spiritual empoisonment.

1938 S. S. Wise in Opinion Mar. 10/2 The device of the 'Ghetto Benches' would never have been urged had it not been for bribery by Nazi funds and empoisonment by Nazi propaganda.

2004 M. Ackland H. H. Richardson iii. 50 Even the fact of a newly refurbished dwelling becomes a source of empoisonment rather than of happiness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	empoisonment
释义	empoisonmentn. Brit. /ɪmˈpɔɪznm(ə)nt/, /ɛmˈpɔɪznm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ᵻmˈpɔɪzənm(ə)nt/, /ɛmˈpɔɪzənm(ə)nt/ Forms: see empoison v. and -ment suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: empoison v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < empoison v. + -ment suffix. Compare earlier poisonment n. Now rare (somewhat archaic in later use). 1. The action of administering poison to a person or animal; the fact of being poisoned. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > poisoning venoming1382 empoisoning?c1400 poisoninga1425 intoxicationc1450 empoisonment1569 ergotism1884 ergotization1886 1569 R. Androse tr. ‘Alessio’ 4th Bk. Secretes iii. 45 Against empoysonments [It. veleni]. 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 161 Good against the empoisonment of the sea-hare. 1600 M. Sutcliffe Briefe Replie to Libel v. 104 The apostles..neuer taught..empoisonment of princes. 1653 A. Wilson Five Years King Iames 84 I have found in the Book of God, examples of all other offences, but not any one of an Impoysonment. 1727 J. Swift Further Acc. E. Currl III. i. 154 The manner of Mr. Curll's impoisonment. 1752 tr. V.-C. Châlons Hist. France I. 382 They..compell'd him to grant the king of Navarre whatever he desired, in reparation for the injury of his impoisonment. 1815 Monthly Mag. 39 309 Sudden death, so like an empoisonment. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. I. 49/1 You..rarely find an empoisonment..committed in England for policy. 1925 E. A. Abbot Overbury Myst. iii. xxxv. 303 He had to convince the jury that Somerset had played an active part in the actual empoisonment. 2. †a. The action or fact of treating or impregnating something with poison in order to make it harmful. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > making poisonous or poisoned envenomingc1386 empoisoning?c1400 empoisonment1599 1599 F. Bacon Let. Strange Conspiracie 5 It was the impoysonment of the pommell of the Queenes Sadell, at such time as shee should ride abroad. 1825 London Mag. 1 Dec. 483 The empoisonment of his [sc. a spider's] talons, that he may fight..with the more deadly success. b. The action of contaminating or fact of becoming contaminated with a harmful or noxious substance, an infection, etc.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [noun] solwinessa1300 befiling1340 filing1340 sulpinga1350 defouling1382 defoula1387 pollutionc1422 inquination1447 contagya1513 coinquination?1550 defiling1585 dirting1591 tainture1609 impuration1614 conspurcation1616 contamination1620 empoisonment1626 defilement1637 contagion1662 dirtying1674 polluting1897 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §915 And these Empoisonments of air are the more dangerous in meetings of people. 1831 Times 1 Dec. 4/5 The evil before all others to which I attach importance..is that habitual empoisonment of soil and air which is inseparable from our tidal drainage. 1832 Veterinarian May 268 The superficial lymphatics first go to work, and they are most susceptible to the empoisonment of the virus. 1852 Era 10 Oct. 8/3 The coffins were broken up to make room for fresh comers, the result being the empoisonment of the air with morbific gases. 1913 Alienist & Neorologist 34 438 Microbic empoisonment or other toxhemias. 3. figurative. The action or fact of corrupting, spoiling, or harming. Cf. empoison v. II. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > [noun] > damaging or injuring spillinga1122 impairment1340 marring1357 damaginga1400 defacingc1400 spoiling1479 violation?c1500 facingc1540 deface1556 defacement1561 infection1563 spoil1575 endamageance1594 damagement1603 mismaking1615 empoisonmenta1626 vitiation1635 vitiating1669 spoilage1815 savaging1858 spoliation1867 mucking about1969 society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > corrupting adulteration1502 corrupting1565 empoisonmenta1626 debauching1645 corruption1654 a1626 F. Bacon Charge against M. L. S. W. & H. I. in Resuscitatio (1657) 77 The false Information, to a King; exceeds in Offence, the false Information, of any other kind; Being a kind..of Impoysonment, of a Kings Ear. 1820 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 2/2 Wretched French prostitutes, purchased and sent over for the further empoisonment of his political principles. 1886 F. W. Farrar Westm. Serm. in Libr. Mag. (N.Y.) 16 Oct. 595 His bad example is a spiritual empoisonment. 1938 S. S. Wise in Opinion Mar. 10/2 The device of the 'Ghetto Benches' would never have been urged had it not been for bribery by Nazi funds and empoisonment by Nazi propaganda. 2004 M. Ackland H. H. Richardson iii. 50 Even the fact of a newly refurbished dwelling becomes a source of empoisonment rather than of happiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569
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