单词 | venefic |
释义 | † veneficadj.n. Obsolete. A. adj. Practising, or dealing in, poisoning; acting by poison; having poisonous effects. 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 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > malignant > practising > using poison venefical1584 veneficiala1646 venefic1646 veneficous1657 veneficious1904 1646 J. Gaule Select Cases Conscience 27 So may it bee the Serpentine, the Venefick or Poysonous Witch. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. O2 But it appears that science hath a veneficke vertue of swelling many men. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi ii. App. 63/2 They gave it in under their Hands, that if we believe no Venefick Witchcraft, we must Renounce the Scripture. B. n. One who practises poisoning as a secret art; a sorcerer or sorceress; a wizard or witch.So Latin venēficus masculine and venēfica feminine. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > that practises malignant magic > one who makes or uses poison venefic1652 1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 173 Is it a matter of much artifice, for veneficks, or witches to forespeak their own purposed and laboured malefice? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.n.1646 |
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