venomousnessn.
/ˈvɛnəməsnəs/, U.S. /ˈvɛnəməsnəs/ The condition or quality of being venomous; †venomous matter.
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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
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > quality of being poisonous
venomousty1377
venomoushead14..
venomousness?1527
venenosity1541
venomness1543
poisonsomeness1645
poisonousness1650
toxicity1881
toxity1887
?1527 Iudycyall of Vryns ii. xiv. 45 b Through excesse and vyolence of hete and of venymousnes and malyce of the sekenesse.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lv. 21) They wounded him with their privie venemousnes.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 38/2 The parte is onlye soacked throughe with some certayne venoumousenes.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 132/2 When the people doe suddaynly dye of this disease, it is then to be feared ther was any venoumousnes annexed thervnto.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Virulence,..poison, venomousnesse.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Venomousness, poisonous Nature or Quality.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Viper A kind of Serpent, famed..for the exceeding Venomousness of its Bite.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Venomousness, the state of being venomous; malignity. [Also in later dictionaries.]
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