veneneadj.
Now rare or Obsolete.
Poisonous, venomous.
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atternc950
atteryc1000
venomousc1330
atteringc1400
poisonous1425
venenousc1425
malice1447
toxicatec1475
poisonable?a1505
empoisoning1526
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infectious1585
poisonsome1590
banefula1593
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toxical1607
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venefic1646
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virose1680
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venefical1716
septinous1875
virific1885
nocuous1890
biocidal1932
1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague 2 A great ebullition or fermentation ensuing between the Venene Corpuscles and the Vital Spirits.
1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague 7 The more sulphurous parts..assume a venene nature, which expiring infect and venenate the air.
1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. x. 662/2 Which drives away by Sweat the Malignity of Venene, Pestilential and Veneral Diseases.
1839 J. Rogers Antipopopriestian vi. §2. 225 It would leave behind no poisonous or venene particle of matter.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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