单词 | veneficious |
释义 | veneficiousadj. Now rare. = venefical adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > malignant > practising venefical1584 veneficiala1646 veneficious1646 the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adjective] > malignant > practising > using poison venefical1584 veneficiala1646 venefic1646 veneficous1657 veneficious1904 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 266 That it was an old veneficious practice, and Juno is made in this posture to hinder the delivery of Alcmæna. View more context for this quotation 1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes (new ed.) 53 In this place we have nothing to doe with Veneficious Witches, properly called Sorcerers. 1702 Sherburne Seneca's Trag. 207 (note) The Bonds and Fetters of veneficious Incantations. 1904 W. Le Queux Closed Book xxxvi The actual poison-ring of that veneficious bacchante, Lucrezia Borgia. Derivatives veneˈficiously adv. Now rare or Obsolete ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [adverb] > by means of malignant sorcery veneficiously1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 265 Lest witches should draw or pricke their names therein, and veneficiously mischiefe their persons. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1646 |
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