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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1757|title=The Fleece: A Poem{{...}}|author=w:John Dyer|publisher=R. and J. Dodsley|location=London|page=40|chapter=Book I|url=https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/The_Fleece/OFwJAAAAQAAJ|passage=Nor taint-worm ſhall infect the yeaning herds / Nor penny-graſs, nor ſpearwort's '''poiſ'nous''' leaf.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1757|title=The Fleece: A Poem{{...}}|author=w:John Dyer|publisher=R. and J. Dodsley|location=London|page=40|chapter=Book I|url=https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/The_Fleece/OFwJAAAAQAAJ|passage=Nor taint-worm ſhall infect the yeaning herds / Nor penny-graſs, nor ſpearwort's '''poiſ'nous''' leaf.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Charles L. Fergus|title=Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=9780811726412|page=77|passage=I had picked a mushroom so '''poisonous''' that particles of it, stuck to my fingers and accidentally swallowed, could have made me deathly ill, and a piece the size of my thumb could have killed me.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Charles L. Fergus|title=Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast|publisher=Stackpole Books|isbn=9780811726412|page=77|passage=I had picked a mushroom so '''poisonous''' that particles of it, stuck to my fingers and accidentally swallowed, could have made me deathly ill, and a piece the size of my thumb could have killed me.}}
# {{senseid|en|producing poison}} Of an [[animal]] such as a [[snake#Noun|snake]] or [[spider#Noun|spider]], or [[part#Noun|parts]] of its [[body#Noun|body]]: [[produce#Verb|producing]] a [[toxin]] [[intend]]ed for [[defensive#Adjective|defensive]] or [[offensive#Adjective|offensive]] [[use#Noun|use]] which is usually [[inject]]ed into an [[enemy]] or [[prey#Noun|prey]] by [[bite#Verb|biting]] or [[sting#Verb|stinging]]; hence, of a [[bite#Noun|bite]] or [[sting#Noun|sting]]: injecting poison.
#: {{usex|en|Poisonous snakes should only be handled by experienced professionals.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1787|title=The History of Mexico|author=F.S. Clavigero|publisher=G. G. J. and J. Robinson|location=London|page=60|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=5lAjAQAAMAAJ|passage=The Cencoatl (o), which is alſo a '''poiſonous''' ſnake, is about five feet long, and eight inches round at the thickeſt part.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1963|title=Poisonous Snakes of World|author=United States. Navy Department. Naval Operations Office|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=29|url=https://www.google.de/books/edition/Poisonous_Snakes_of_World_Manual_for_Use/uDxqm7dZkAcC|passage=The characteristics which separate the dangerously venomous groups from their non-'''poisonous''' relatives are emphasized.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2002|title=The Life Cycle of a Spider|author=B. Kalman and K. Smithyman|publisher=Crabtree Publishing Company|page=31|url=https://books.google.de/books?id=kWpNvcV9LMEC|passage=These antivenins make living near '''poisonous''' spiders much safer.}}
# {{lb|en|figuratively}} [[negative|Negative]], [[harmful]].
# {{lb|en|figuratively}} [[negative|Negative]], [[harmful]].
#: {{syn|en|toxic}}
#: {{syn|en|toxic}}
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* Friulian: {{t|fur|velenôs}}, {{t|fur|tossic}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|velenôs}}, {{t|fur|tossic}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|velenoso}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|velenoso}}
* German: {{t+|de|giftig}}, {{t+|de|gifthaltig}}
* German: {{t+|de|giftig}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δηλητηριώδης}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|δηλητηριώδης}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|ज़हरीला}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|ज़हरीला}}
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* Icelandic: {{t|is|eitraður}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|eitraður}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|venenoza}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|venenoza}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|nimhiúil}}
* Italian: {{t|it|velenifero}}, {{t+|it|velenoso}}, {{t+|it|tossico}}
* Italian: {{t|it|velenifero}}, {{t+|it|velenoso}}, {{t+|it|tossico}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|улы}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|улы}}
* Latin: {{t|la|venēnōsus}}, {{t|la|venēnifer}}, {{t|la|toxicus}}
* Latin: {{t|la|venēnōsus}}, {{t|la|venēnifer}}, {{t|la|toxicus}}
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{{trans-top|(figuratively) negative, harmful}}
{{trans-top|(figuratively) negative, harmful}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|toxisch}}, {{t+|nl|verziekt}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|haitallinen}}, {{t+|fi|myrkyttävä}}, {{t+|fi|myrkyllinen}}
* German: {{t+|de|giftig}}, {{t+|de|toxisch}}
* German: {{t+|de|giftig}}, {{t+|de|toxisch}}
* Hungarian: {{t-needed|hu}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|gëfteg}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|gëfteg}}
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Revision as of 12:57, 2 June 2024

Englisch

Etymology

From Middle English poisounous, poysonouse, equivalent to poison +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

Adjective

poisonous (comparative more poisonous, superlative most poisonous)

  1. Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.
    Synonyms: poisoned, toxic, venomous, (dialectal or archaic) attery
    Antonyms: nonpoisonous, unpoisonous
    While highly poisonous to dogs, this substance is completely harmless if ingested by humans.
    • 1757, John Dyer, “Book I”, in The Fleece: A Poem […] ‎[1], London: R. and J. Dodsley, page 40:
      Nor taint-worm ſhall infect the yeaning herds / Nor penny-graſs, nor ſpearwort's poiſ'nous leaf.
    • 2003, Charles L. Fergus, Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, page 77:
      I had picked a mushroom so poisonous that particles of it, stuck to my fingers and accidentally swallowed, could have made me deathly ill, and a piece the size of my thumb could have killed me.
  3. Of an animal such as a snake oder spider, or parts of its body: producing a toxin intended for defensive oder offensive use which is usually injected into an enemy oder prey by biting oder stinging; hence, of a bite oder sting: injecting poison.
    Poisonous snakes should only be handled by experienced professionals.
    • 1787, F.S. Clavigero, The History of Mexico‎[2], London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, page 60:
      The Cencoatl (o), which is alſo a poiſonous ſnake, is about five feet long, and eight inches round at the thickeſt part.
    • 1963, United States. Navy Department. Naval Operations Office, Poisonous Snakes of World‎[3], U.S. Government Printing Office, page 29:
      The characteristics which separate the dangerously venomous groups from their non-poisonous relatives are emphasized.
    • 2002, B. Kalman and K. Smithyman, The Life Cycle of a Spider‎[4], Crabtree Publishing Company, page 31:
      These antivenins make living near poisonous spiders much safer.
  4. (figuratively) Negative, harmful.
    Synonym: toxic
    • 2013, Kylie Griffin, Allegiance Sworn, Penguin, →ISBN:
      He didn't want to end up like his grandfather, bitter and intractable, consumed in his hatred like an addict on haze — a poisonous attitude that would possess him all his remaining years.

Usage notes

Some speakers, especially in technical contexts, make a distinction between poisonous (releasing toxins when eaten), and venomous (releasing toxins (known as venom in this case) by biting or stinging a target).

Derived terms

Translations

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