envenomedadj.
1. † a. Of a reptile, insect, etc.: Charged with venom. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > substance or secretion and excretion > [adjective] > venomous
envenomedc1300
venomeda1382
of venoma1387
venomousa1387
envenomous1597
venomo-salivary1888
c1300 K. Alis. 5436 Her bytt envenymed was.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. vi. sig. C.viijv/1 The enuenomed bytings of the Serpentes.
1708 J. Philips Cyder ii. 63 Happy Iërne, whose most wholsome Air Poisons envenom'd spiders.
b. Of a weapon, etc.: Smeared with venom. Of air, food, etc.: Poisoned, tainted.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [adjective] > of or relating to venom > venomous
envenomedc1330
venomousc1330
venoma1350
poisoned1440
toadish1611
vipereousc1620
envenomous1624
veneniferous1656
venenifluous1891
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 228 Envenomed knyfe he bare also priuely.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 281 As a morcel envenimed.
a1593 C. Marlowe Tragicall Hist. Faustus (1604) sig. C3 Halters, and invenomd steele Are layde before me.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 543 As when Alcides..felt th'envenom'd robe. View more context for this quotation
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur vi. 182 Some only breath th' envenom'd Air, and die.
1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 88 Thy dart Plunged deepest its envenomed smart.
c. Of a wound: Infected with venom, poisoned.
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1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis iii. 47 Th' inuenom'd gore, which from his palate bled.
2. figurative. Chiefly of temper, feelings, etc.: Virulent, malignant, embittered.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > sourness or bitterness of temper > [adjective]
bitter?c1225
sour?c1225
envenomedc1375
envenomousa1420
crabbed1565
gallish1595
verjuice1598
vinegar-tart1599
soury1647
acrid1681
acrious1682
sourish1688
embittered1694
subacid1760
verjuiced1836
acidulent1837
vinaigrous1837
vinegar1847
vinegary1847
soured1848
acerbic1853
acidulous1865
acerbate1869
acerbitous1870
snake-headed1920
sour-pussed1952
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective] > in the manner of poison
atternc950
atterlichc1050
atteryc1175
envenomedc1375
poisoned?a1513
aconital1652
invenemated1716
c1375 J. Wyclif Antecrist in Todd Three Treat. (1851) 141 Takyng of temporaltees envenymed.
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. lxix. 287 The invenomed spirits of the Judges of those daies.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. v. 425 The reiterated complaints, and invenom'd repetitions.
1781 W. Cowper Truth 159 Of temper as envenomed as an asp.
1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 33 'Till thine Infinity shall be A robe of envenomed agony.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xix. 331 They at least had no sympathy with such envenomed animosities.
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