toxicadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈtɒksɪk/, U.S.

/ˈtɑksɪk/

Etymology: < medieval Latin toxicus poisoned, imbued with poison, < toxicum n. So French toxique ‘poison’ (1762 in Dict. Trévoux).

A. adj.

1. Of the nature of a 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

1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 65 The toxic quality was certainly in the liquor.., not in the nature of the wood; which yet he [Pliny] affirms is cur'd of that Venenous quality by driving a brazen wedge into the body of it.

1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Toxic, venemous, poisonous.

1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. i. 53 Poisoning..due to the introduction into the torrent of the circulation of toxic substances.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 815 The urine is normally toxic, and incessantly takes from the blood its toxicity.

a. Caused or produced by a poison; due to poisoning. toxic shock syndrome, an acute bacterial illness observed esp. in women using tampons, characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle pain, and some peeling of the skin, and in severe cases followed by shock.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [adjective] > caused by or involving poison

virulentc1400

intoxicate1607

toxical1855

toxic1872

toxi-infective1897

toxi-infectious1907

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > bacterial or viral disorders > [noun] > bacterial disorders

endemic syphilis1865

Oroya fever1873

verruga1873

Weil's disease1889

undulant fever1896

pasteurellosis1902

microbism1904

spirillosis1904

spirochaetosis1906

necrobacillosis1907

melioidosis1921

Reiter's disease1922

rickettsiosis1925

leptospirosis1926

Carrion's disease1927

treponematosis1927

bartonellosis1928

brucellosis1930

mycobacteriosis1938

listerellosis1939

listeriosis1941

shigellosis1944

Reiter's syndrome1947

Shigella dysentery1963

pigbel1966

mud fever1969

Lyme arthritis1976

toxic shock syndrome1978

legionellosis1979

TSS1980

1872 Contemp. Rev. 20 751 Whether it be the toxic condition of the blood.

1874 H. Maudsley Respons. in Mental Dis. iii. 79 The peculiar disorders of the physical and mental functions..to which he gave the name of Toxic Insanity.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 310 Toxic insanity depends on poisons either derived from without or generated within the body.

1978 Todd & Fishaut in Lancet 25 Nov. 1117/2 The acute illness we have described and called the toxic-shock syndrome seems to affect older children.

1982 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 May 1586/1 There is no justification at present for any suggestion that women should avoid using tampons, since the risk of developing toxic shock syndrome is extremely small.

b. Of intoxication, intoxicated, tipsy. humorous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk

fordrunkenc897

drunkena1050

cup-shottenc1330

drunka1400

inebriate1497

overseenc1500

liquor1509

fou1535

nase?1536

full1554

intoxicate1554

tippled1564

intoxicated1576

pepst1577

overflown1579

whip-cat1582

pottical1586

cup-shota1593

fox-drunk1592

lion-drunk1592

nappy1592

sack-sopped1593

in drink1598

disguiseda1600

drink-drowned1600

daggeda1605

pot-shotten1604

tap-shackled1604

high1607

bumpsy1611

foxed1611

in one's cups1611

liquored1611

love-pot1611

pot-sick1611

whift1611

owl-eyed1613

fapa1616

hota1616

inebriated1615

reeling ripea1616

in one's (or the) pots1618

scratched1622

high-flown?1624

pot-shot1627

temulentive1628

ebrious1629

temulent1629

jug-bitten1630

pot-shaken1630

toxed1635

bene-bowsiea1637

swilled1637

paid1638

soaken1651

temulentious1652

flagonal1653

fuddled1656

cut1673

nazzy1673

concerned1678

whittled1694

suckey1699

well-oiled1701

tippeda1708

tow-row1709

wet1709

swash1711

strut1718

cocked1737

cockeyed1737

jagged1737

moon-eyed1737

rocky1737

soaked1737

soft1737

stewed1737

stiff1737

muckibus1756

groggy1770

muzzeda1788

muzzya1795

slewed1801

lumpy1810

lushy1811

pissed1812

blue1813

lush1819

malty1819

sprung1821

three sheets in the wind1821

obfuscated1822

moppy1823

ripe1823

mixed1825

queer1826

rosined1828

shot in the neck1830

tight1830

rummy1834

inebrious1837

mizzled1840

obflisticated1840

grogged1842

pickled1842

swizzled1843

hit under the wing1844

obfusticatedc1844

ebriate1847

pixilated1848

boozed1850

ploughed1853

squiffy?1855

buffy1858

elephant trunk1859

scammered1859

gassed1863

fly-blown1864

rotten1864

shot1864

ebriose1871

shicker1872

parlatic1877

miraculous1879

under the influence1879

ginned1881

shickered1883

boiled1886

mosy1887

to be loaded for bear(s)1888

squiffeda1890

loaded1890

oversparred1890

sozzled1892

tanked1893

orey-eyed1895

up the (also a) pole1897

woozy1897

toxic1899

polluted1900

lit-up1902

on (also upon) one's ear1903

pie-eyed1903

pifflicated1905

piped1906

spiflicated1906

jingled1908

skimished1908

tin hat1909

canned1910

pipped1911

lit1912

peloothered1914

molo1916

shick1916

zigzag1916

blotto1917

oiled-up1918

stung1919

stunned1919

bottled1922

potted1922

rotto1922

puggled1923

puggle1925

fried1926

crocked1927

fluthered1927

lubricated1927

whiffled1927

liquefied1928

steamed1929

mirackc1930

overshot1931

swacked1932

looped1934

stocious1937

whistled1938

sauced1939

mashed1942

plonked1943

stone1945

juiced1946

buzzed1952

jazzed1955

schnockered1955

honkers1957

skunked1958

bombed1959

zonked1959

bevvied1960

mokus1960

snockered1961

plotzed1962

over the limit1966

the worse for wear1966

wasted1968

wired1970

zoned1971

blasted1972

Brahms and Liszt?1972

funked up1976

trousered1977

motherless1980

tired and emotional1981

ratted1982

rat-arsed1984

wazzed1990

mullered1993

twatted1993

bollocksed1994

lashed1996

1899 M. H. Kingsley W. Afr. Stud. i. 2 A toxic state where a man can't see the holes through a ladder.

B. n.

A toxic substance, a poison.

ΘΚΠ

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

poisonc1225

venomc1290

veninc1330

gall1340

envenom1377

venom1377

venoming1382

bane1398

venomousness?1527

poisonment1543

arsenic1583

toxicum1601

deletery1604

remover1639

toxicant1882

toxic1890

1890 Spectator 6 Dec. M. Pasteur..pointing out..that the lymph is really a ‘toxic’ or poison, of terrible energy and unknown effects.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 15 June 2/1 Alkaloids and toxics, such as chloral, emit the N-rays freely.

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Finance.

a. Designating debt which has a high risk of default.

ΚΠ

1990 Pittsburgh Business Times (Nexis) 30 Apr. 4 Companies purchased with the credit involved in the leveraged buyout craze of the 1980's could be the major problem of the 1990's. ‘They're like toxic waste dumps... They're toxic debt waiting to go bad.’

1994 Wired July 95/2 One moment a particular mortgage is toxic, the next it's golden.

2001 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. w1/4 It called for forcing the banks to write off 12.7 trillion yen ($97 billion) of the most toxic loans.

2008 Independent 15 Apr. 26/1 There will need to be regulatory compulsion on the banks to come clean over just how exposed they are to the toxic debt in the global financial system.

b. Designating securities which are based on such debt, and for which there is not a healthy or functioning market. Cf. toxic waste n. (b) at Additions.

ΚΠ

1990 Bond Buyer 30 July 3/4 Some of this stuff should have a skull and cross bones on it... And the market in some ‘toxic’ bonds..is still very illiquid.

1994 Money (Electronic ed.) Dec. 132 Such potentially toxic securities as inverse floaters, IO or PO strips, structured notes and Z-tranche bonds.

2008 Independent 6 Nov. 52/2 The so-called toxic investments are still there, and the banks are still sulking and not lending.

2009 N.Y. Mag. 23 Feb. 40 No traditional lender..will offer big money to anyone willing to take a risk that some of these so-called toxic assets might be worth something.

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toxic waste n. (a) waste, esp. industrial waste, that is hazardous to human health or the environment and which requires special facilities for its disposal; also occasionally as a count noun; (b) Finance colloquial extremely risky or poorly rated securities.

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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of

redeemables1720

government bond1737

corporate bond1810

trustee security1859

international1863

foreigners1883

most active list1885

gilt-edge1900

actual1908

heavies1922

toxic waste1922

gilt-edged1930

prior charge1930

short1932

gilt1936

performer1939

tap1948

energy security1960

fallen angel1963

medium1968

physicals1974

underperformer1975

taplet1982

1922 Progr. in Biol. Enq. (U.S. Dept. Comm., Bureau of Fisheries) 23 Little evidence was found to indicate that any definite toxic wastes are responsible for the death of fishes in the streams studied.

1948 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. 20 246/2 The condition is being corrected through bypassing the toxic waste into Lake Michigan without treatment.

1987 Barron's 16 Mar. 90/4 The sovereign-debt (some call it ‘toxic waste’, or worst [sic] than junk bonds) market evolved soon after U.S. regulators began meeting in November 1983 to determine just what debt should be written down.

2006 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. 5/2 Computers, televisions, video recorders and other electrical gadgets are classified as toxic waste and cannot be dumped in landfill sites.

2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Jan. a23/1 A compromise approach: moving toxic waste from private banks' balance sheets to a publicly owned..‘aggregator bank’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	toxic
释义	toxicadj.n. Brit. /ˈtɒksɪk/, U.S. /ˈtɑksɪk/ Etymology: < medieval Latin toxicus poisoned, imbued with poison, < toxicum n. So French toxique ‘poison’ (1762 in Dict. Trévoux). A. adj. 1. Of the nature of a 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 1664 J. Evelyn Sylva 65 The toxic quality was certainly in the liquor.., not in the nature of the wood; which yet he [Pliny] affirms is cur'd of that Venenous quality by driving a brazen wedge into the body of it. 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Toxic, venemous, poisonous. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. i. 53 Poisoning..due to the introduction into the torrent of the circulation of toxic substances. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 815 The urine is normally toxic, and incessantly takes from the blood its toxicity. 2. a. Caused or produced by a poison; due to poisoning. toxic shock syndrome, an acute bacterial illness observed esp. in women using tampons, characterized by fever, vomiting, diarrhoea, muscle pain, and some peeling of the skin, and in severe cases followed by shock. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [adjective] > caused by or involving poison virulentc1400 intoxicate1607 toxical1855 toxic1872 toxi-infective1897 toxi-infectious1907 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > bacterial or viral disorders > [noun] > bacterial disorders endemic syphilis1865 Oroya fever1873 verruga1873 Weil's disease1889 undulant fever1896 pasteurellosis1902 microbism1904 spirillosis1904 spirochaetosis1906 necrobacillosis1907 melioidosis1921 Reiter's disease1922 rickettsiosis1925 leptospirosis1926 Carrion's disease1927 treponematosis1927 bartonellosis1928 brucellosis1930 mycobacteriosis1938 listerellosis1939 listeriosis1941 shigellosis1944 Reiter's syndrome1947 Shigella dysentery1963 pigbel1966 mud fever1969 Lyme arthritis1976 toxic shock syndrome1978 legionellosis1979 TSS1980 1872 Contemp. Rev. 20 751 Whether it be the toxic condition of the blood. 1874 H. Maudsley Respons. in Mental Dis. iii. 79 The peculiar disorders of the physical and mental functions..to which he gave the name of Toxic Insanity. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 310 Toxic insanity depends on poisons either derived from without or generated within the body. 1978 Todd & Fishaut in Lancet 25 Nov. 1117/2 The acute illness we have described and called the toxic-shock syndrome seems to affect older children. 1982 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 May 1586/1 There is no justification at present for any suggestion that women should avoid using tampons, since the risk of developing toxic shock syndrome is extremely small. b. Of intoxication, intoxicated, tipsy. humorous. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk fordrunkenc897 drunkena1050 cup-shottenc1330 drunka1400 inebriate1497 overseenc1500 liquor1509 fou1535 nase?1536 full1554 intoxicate1554 tippled1564 intoxicated1576 pepst1577 overflown1579 whip-cat1582 pottical1586 cup-shota1593 fox-drunk1592 lion-drunk1592 nappy1592 sack-sopped1593 in drink1598 disguiseda1600 drink-drowned1600 daggeda1605 pot-shotten1604 tap-shackled1604 high1607 bumpsy1611 foxed1611 in one's cups1611 liquored1611 love-pot1611 pot-sick1611 whift1611 owl-eyed1613 fapa1616 hota1616 inebriated1615 reeling ripea1616 in one's (or the) pots1618 scratched1622 high-flown?1624 pot-shot1627 temulentive1628 ebrious1629 temulent1629 jug-bitten1630 pot-shaken1630 toxed1635 bene-bowsiea1637 swilled1637 paid1638 soaken1651 temulentious1652 flagonal1653 fuddled1656 cut1673 nazzy1673 concerned1678 whittled1694 suckey1699 well-oiled1701 tippeda1708 tow-row1709 wet1709 swash1711 strut1718 cocked1737 cockeyed1737 jagged1737 moon-eyed1737 rocky1737 soaked1737 soft1737 stewed1737 stiff1737 muckibus1756 groggy1770 muzzeda1788 muzzya1795 slewed1801 lumpy1810 lushy1811 pissed1812 blue1813 lush1819 malty1819 sprung1821 three sheets in the wind1821 obfuscated1822 moppy1823 ripe1823 mixed1825 queer1826 rosined1828 shot in the neck1830 tight1830 rummy1834 inebrious1837 mizzled1840 obflisticated1840 grogged1842 pickled1842 swizzled1843 hit under the wing1844 obfusticatedc1844 ebriate1847 pixilated1848 boozed1850 ploughed1853 squiffy?1855 buffy1858 elephant trunk1859 scammered1859 gassed1863 fly-blown1864 rotten1864 shot1864 ebriose1871 shicker1872 parlatic1877 miraculous1879 under the influence1879 ginned1881 shickered1883 boiled1886 mosy1887 to be loaded for bear(s)1888 squiffeda1890 loaded1890 oversparred1890 sozzled1892 tanked1893 orey-eyed1895 up the (also a) pole1897 woozy1897 toxic1899 polluted1900 lit-up1902 on (also upon) one's ear1903 pie-eyed1903 pifflicated1905 piped1906 spiflicated1906 jingled1908 skimished1908 tin hat1909 canned1910 pipped1911 lit1912 peloothered1914 molo1916 shick1916 zigzag1916 blotto1917 oiled-up1918 stung1919 stunned1919 bottled1922 potted1922 rotto1922 puggled1923 puggle1925 fried1926 crocked1927 fluthered1927 lubricated1927 whiffled1927 liquefied1928 steamed1929 mirackc1930 overshot1931 swacked1932 looped1934 stocious1937 whistled1938 sauced1939 mashed1942 plonked1943 stone1945 juiced1946 buzzed1952 jazzed1955 schnockered1955 honkers1957 skunked1958 bombed1959 zonked1959 bevvied1960 mokus1960 snockered1961 plotzed1962 over the limit1966 the worse for wear1966 wasted1968 wired1970 zoned1971 blasted1972 Brahms and Liszt?1972 funked up1976 trousered1977 motherless1980 tired and emotional1981 ratted1982 rat-arsed1984 wazzed1990 mullered1993 twatted1993 bollocksed1994 lashed1996 1899 M. H. Kingsley W. Afr. Stud. i. 2 A toxic state where a man can't see the holes through a ladder. B. n. A toxic substance, a poison. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] poisonc1225 venomc1290 veninc1330 gall1340 envenom1377 venom1377 venoming1382 bane1398 venomousness?1527 poisonment1543 arsenic1583 toxicum1601 deletery1604 remover1639 toxicant1882 toxic1890 1890 Spectator 6 Dec. M. Pasteur..pointing out..that the lymph is really a ‘toxic’ or poison, of terrible energy and unknown effects. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 15 June 2/1 Alkaloids and toxics, such as chloral, emit the N-rays freely. Draft additions July 2010 Finance. a. Designating debt which has a high risk of default. ΚΠ 1990 Pittsburgh Business Times (Nexis) 30 Apr. 4 Companies purchased with the credit involved in the leveraged buyout craze of the 1980's could be the major problem of the 1990's. ‘They're like toxic waste dumps... They're toxic debt waiting to go bad.’ 1994 Wired July 95/2 One moment a particular mortgage is toxic, the next it's golden. 2001 N.Y. Times 3 Aug. w1/4 It called for forcing the banks to write off 12.7 trillion yen ($97 billion) of the most toxic loans. 2008 Independent 15 Apr. 26/1 There will need to be regulatory compulsion on the banks to come clean over just how exposed they are to the toxic debt in the global financial system. b. Designating securities which are based on such debt, and for which there is not a healthy or functioning market. Cf. toxic waste n. (b) at Additions. ΚΠ 1990 Bond Buyer 30 July 3/4 Some of this stuff should have a skull and cross bones on it... And the market in some ‘toxic’ bonds..is still very illiquid. 1994 Money (Electronic ed.) Dec. 132 Such potentially toxic securities as inverse floaters, IO or PO strips, structured notes and Z-tranche bonds. 2008 Independent 6 Nov. 52/2 The so-called toxic investments are still there, and the banks are still sulking and not lending. 2009 N.Y. Mag. 23 Feb. 40 No traditional lender..will offer big money to anyone willing to take a risk that some of these so-called toxic assets might be worth something. Draft additions July 2010 toxic waste n. (a) waste, esp. industrial waste, that is hazardous to human health or the environment and which requires special facilities for its disposal; also occasionally as a count noun; (b) Finance colloquial extremely risky or poorly rated securities. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > types of redeemables1720 government bond1737 corporate bond1810 trustee security1859 international1863 foreigners1883 most active list1885 gilt-edge1900 actual1908 heavies1922 toxic waste1922 gilt-edged1930 prior charge1930 short1932 gilt1936 performer1939 tap1948 energy security1960 fallen angel1963 medium1968 physicals1974 underperformer1975 taplet1982 1922 Progr. in Biol. Enq. (U.S. Dept. Comm., Bureau of Fisheries) 23 Little evidence was found to indicate that any definite toxic wastes are responsible for the death of fishes in the streams studied. 1948 Sewage Wks. Jrnl. 20 246/2 The condition is being corrected through bypassing the toxic waste into Lake Michigan without treatment. 1987 Barron's 16 Mar. 90/4 The sovereign-debt (some call it ‘toxic waste’, or worst [sic] than junk bonds) market evolved soon after U.S. regulators began meeting in November 1983 to determine just what debt should be written down. 2006 Daily Tel. 15 Aug. 5/2 Computers, televisions, video recorders and other electrical gadgets are classified as toxic waste and cannot be dumped in landfill sites. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Jan. a23/1 A compromise approach: moving toxic waste from private banks' balance sheets to a publicly owned..‘aggregator bank’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > see also also refers to : -toxiccomb. form < adj.n.1664 see also
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