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单词 veneficious
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veneficiousadj.

Etymology: formed as veneficial adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: veneˈficious.
Now rare.
= venefical adj.
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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
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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
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