Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Poisonous, poisoned; (figuratively) pernicious.
noun
An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey. · Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
From Middle English venym, from Old French venim, from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum (“drug; poison; a charm”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”). Doublet of venin and venene.
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