toxicantn.adj.

/ˈtɒksɪkənt/

Etymology: < present participle of medieval Latin toxicāre to poison: see -ant suffix¹.

A. n.

A poisonous 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

1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Toxicant,..a poison of a stimulating, narcotic, anæsthetic nature, especially such as seriously affects the health when habitually indulged in. Dr. Richardson.

1892 Illustr. London News 13 Aug. 211/3 Coffee (that favourite vehicle of the deadlier toxicants in the East).

1951 Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 1 311 The injury [to vegetation] has economic significance only in ‘heavy’ smog when..the concentration of the toxicants is raised materially above the usual ‘smog’ level.

1982 Nature 14 Jan. p. xvii/3 The system measures the effect of toxicants on the light output of a special strain of luminescent bacteria.

B. adj.

Acting as a poison; poisonous, toxic. rare.

ΚΠ

1891 Cent. Dict. Toxicant adj.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	toxicant
释义	toxicantn.adj. /ˈtɒksɪkənt/ Etymology: < present participle of medieval Latin toxicāre to poison: see -ant suffix¹. A. n. A poisonous 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 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Toxicant,..a poison of a stimulating, narcotic, anæsthetic nature, especially such as seriously affects the health when habitually indulged in. Dr. Richardson. 1892 Illustr. London News 13 Aug. 211/3 Coffee (that favourite vehicle of the deadlier toxicants in the East). 1951 Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 1 311 The injury [to vegetation] has economic significance only in ‘heavy’ smog when..the concentration of the toxicants is raised materially above the usual ‘smog’ level. 1982 Nature 14 Jan. p. xvii/3 The system measures the effect of toxicants on the light output of a special strain of luminescent bacteria. B. adj. Acting as a poison; poisonous, toxic. rare. ΚΠ 1891 Cent. Dict. Toxicant adj. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.adj.1882
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