poisonous
English
/ˈpɔɪzənəs/
adj
Definitions
- Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.
- (figuratively) Negative, harmful.
Etymology
Suffix from English poison.
Origin
English
poison
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipoison English
- autopoisonous English
- counterpoison English
- empoison English
- impoison English
- nonpoisonous English
- poison English
- poison hemlock English
- poison-ivy English
- poisonability English
- poisonable English
- poisonberry English
- poisoner English
- poisonest English
- poisoneth English
- poisonless English
- poisonlike English
- poisonmonger English
- poisonously English
- poisonousness English
- poisonsome English
- poisonvetch English
- poisonwood English
- spit-poison English
- spitpoison English
- unpoison English
- unpoisonous English
- poisoun Middle English
- puinnsiun Middle Irish
- baijin Marshallese
- poisin Tok Pisin
- poison
- impoison
- poisoner
- empoison
- unpoison
- poisoneth
- poisonest
- poisonable
- poisonwood
- poisonlike
- poison-ivy
- poisonless
- antipoison
- spitpoison
- poisonsome
- poisonberry
- poisonvetch
- poisonously
- unpoisonous
- spit-poison
- poisonmonger
- nonpoisonous
- counterpoison
- poisonability
- poisonousness
- autopoisonous
- poison hemlock