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/ven"euh nohs'/, adj.venomous; poisonous.Also, venenous /ven"euh neuhs/.[1665-75; < LL venenosus, equiv. to L venen(um) drug, VENOM + -osus -OSE1]
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Venenose — Ven e*nose , a. [L. venenosus, fr. venenum poison. Cf. {Venomous}.] Poisonous. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
venenose — a. poisonous … Dictionary of difficult words
venenose — /ven euh nohs /, adj. venomous; poisonous. Also, venenous /ven euh neuhs/. [1665 75; < LL venenosus, equiv. to L venen(um) drug, VENOM + osus OSE1] … Useful english dictionary
Venomous — Ven om*ous, a. [OE. venemous, venimous, F. venimeux, L. venenosus, fr. venenum poison. See {Venom}, and cf. {Venenose}.] 1. Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.)… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Venomous snake — Venomous Ven om*ous, a. [OE. venemous, venimous, F. venimeux, L. venenosus, fr. venenum poison. See {Venom}, and cf. {Venenose}.] 1. Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Venomously — Venomous Ven om*ous, a. [OE. venemous, venimous, F. venimeux, L. venenosus, fr. venenum poison. See {Venom}, and cf. {Venenose}.] 1. Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Venomousness — Venomous Ven om*ous, a. [OE. venemous, venimous, F. venimeux, L. venenosus, fr. venenum poison. See {Venom}, and cf. {Venenose}.] 1. Full of venom; noxious to animal life; poisonous; as, the bite of a serpent may be venomous. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
vénéneux — vénéneux, euse [ venenø, øz ] adj. • 1496; lat. venenosus → venimeux 1 ♦ Qui contient un poison (⇒ vireux); dont l ingestion empoisonne. Plantes vénéneuses. Champignons vénéneux. 2 ♦ Fig. et littér. Qui a des effets néfastes, empoisonne. Ma… … Encyclopédie Universelle
baleful — adj harmful, injurious, nocuous, hurtful, afflictive; destructive, ruinous, calamitous, disastrous; detrimental, pernicious, dangerous, hazardous, deleterious; pestilential, pestiferous, noxious, malicious, malign, malignant, menacing; malevolent … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
deadly — adj 1. fatal, mortal, lethal, mortiferous, deathful, Archaic. lethiferous; pernicious, dangerous, hazardous, deleterious, detrimental; harmful, injurious, nocuous, hurtful, nocent, baleful, noisome; destructive, ruinous, calamitous, disastrous;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
