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poison

English

Etymology

From Middle English poisoun, poyson, poysone, puyson, puisun, from Old French puison, poison, from Latin p?tio, p?ti?nis (drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion), from p?t? (I drink). Displaced native Old English ?tor. See also potion and potable.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: poi'z?n, IPA(key): /?p??z(?)n/
  • Rhymes: -??z?n
  • Hyphenation: poi?son

Noun

poison (countable and uncountable, plural poisons)

  1. A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
  2. Something that harms a person or thing.
  3. (informal) An intoxicating drink; a liquor. (note: this sense is chiefly encountered in the phrases "name your poison" and "what's your poison ?")
    — What's your poison?
    — I'll have a glass of whisky.
  4. (chemistry) Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
    • 2013, Huazhang Liu, Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts: Innovation and Practice (page 693)
      The temperature effect of poisons. The influence of poison on the catalyst can be different with the change of reaction conditions.

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with venom

Synonyms

  • (substance that is harmful): atter, bane, contaminant, pollutant, toxin

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

poison (third-person singular simple present poisons, present participle poisoning, simple past and past participle poisoned)

  1. (transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
  2. (transitive) To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
  3. (transitive) To cause to become much worse.
  4. (transitive) To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
  5. (chemistry) To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
  6. (transitive, computing) To place false information into (a cache) as part of an exploit.
    • 2013, Ronald L. Mendell, Investigating Information-based Crimes (page 93)
      In this technique, the hacker poisons the cache to launch malware into Web pages.

Synonyms

  • (to pollute): contaminate, pollute, taint
  • (to cause to become worse): corrupt, taint

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “poison”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
  • poison in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Etymology

From Old French, inherited from Latin p?tio, p?ti?nis. Doublet of potion, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pwa.z??/

Noun

poison m (plural poisons)

  1. poison

Derived terms

  • empoisonner
    • empoisonnement
  • poisonneux

Further reading

  • “poison” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Noun

poison

  1. Alternative form of poisoun

Old French

Etymology

From Latin p?tio, p?ti?nis.

Noun

poison f (oblique plural poisons, nominative singular poison, nominative plural poisons)

  1. poison
  2. potion

Descendants

  • ? Middle English: poisoun
    • English: poison
  • French: poison

Spanish

Etymology

From French poison. Doublet of poción.

Noun

poison m (plural póisones)

  1. (Louisiana) poison

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blight

English

Etymology

Uncertain, however given that it was used at one point to refer to inflammation of the skin , quite possibly from Middle English *bleighte, *ble?te, from Old English bl?cþa (leprosy) (related to Old English bl??o (paleness, leprosy) and bl??e (an itching skin-disease)); or from Old Norse blikna (to grow pallid). Related to bleak.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: bl?t, IPA(key): /bla?t/
  • Rhymes: -a?t
  • Homophone: blite

Noun

blight (countable and uncountable, plural blights)

  1. (phytopathology) A rapid and complete chlorosis, browning, then death of plant tissues such as leaves, branches, twigs, or floral organs.
  2. The bacterium, virus or fungus that causes such a condition.
  3. (by extension) Anything that impedes growth or development or spoils any other aspect of life.

Derived terms

  • blighten

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

blight (third-person singular simple present blights, present participle blighting, simple past and past participle blighted)

  1. (transitive) To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
    • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c
      [This vapour] blasts vegetables, blights corn and fruit, and is sometimes injurious even to Men.
  2. (intransitive) To suffer blight.
  3. (transitive) To spoil, ruin, or destroy (something).
    • 1814, Lord Byron, The Corsair
      that lone and blighted bosom sears

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References

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