poisonous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.
Of an animal such as a snake or spider, or parts of its body: producing a toxin intended for defensive or offensive use which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting poison.
Negative, harmful.

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poisonous more poisonous most poisonous

From Middle English poisounous, poysonouse. By surface analysis, poison + -ous.

poisoned toxic venomous attery

nonpoisonous unpoisonous

autopoisonous fruit of the poisonous tree nonpoisonous poisonous compliment poisonously poisonousness unpoisonous

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