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venom (iou)



venom noun, adjective, & verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French venim, venin, from Proto-Romance alt. (after Latin words in -imen) of Latin venenum potion, drug, poison. For the change of final n to m cf. pilgrim.]
A. noun.
A poisonous fluid secreted by certain snakes, spiders, scorpions, etc. and usu. injected by them into other animals by means of a bite or sting. ME.
Poison, esp. as administered to or drunk by a person; any poisonous or noxious substance, preparation, or property; a microbial toxin. Now rare or obsolete. ME.
fig. Malignant or malicious character or quality; virulent feeling, language, behaviour, etc.; malice, spite. Also, an instance of this. ME.
V. Nabokov The thick venom of envy began squirting at me. S. Brett 'Sod the lot of them!' said Alex Household with sudden venom.
b. A malicious or spiteful person or animal. obsolete exc. Scot. & dial. L16.
A (type of) poison or toxin. LME.
A dye. rare. LME-M16.
b. adjective. Venomous. Long obsolete exc. dial. ME.
C. verb trans. = ENVENOM verb. Now arch. & dial. ME.
venomer noun (arch. rare) a poisoner M17.
venomness noun (now rare) venomousness M16.
venomsome adjective (long obsolete exc. dial.) venomous M17.
venomy adjective (long rare exc. dial.) venomous, malignant LME.