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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)
- A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested.
- Something that harms a person or thing.
- (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.
- (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.
- 2013, Huazhang Liu, Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts: Innovation and Practice (page 693)
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)
- (transitive) To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
- (transitive) To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
- (transitive) To cause to become much worse.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
- (chemistry) To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
- (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.
- 2013, Ronald L. Mendell, Investigating Information-based Crimes (page 93)
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)
- 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
- 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)
- poison
- potion
Descendants
- ? Middle English: poisoun
- English: poison
- French: poison
Spanish
Etymology
From French poison. Doublet of poción.
Noun
poison m (plural póisones)
- (Louisiana) poison
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injury
English
Etymology
From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin ini?ria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + i?s, i?ris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n.d??.?i/, /??n.d??i/
- (US) IPA(key): /??n.d??.?i/, /??n.d??i/
Noun
injury (countable and uncountable, plural injuries)
- Damage to the body of a human or animal.
- The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
- The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests.
- Slander is an injury to the character.
- (archaic) Injustice.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:injury
Related terms
- injure
- injurious
Translations
See also
- damage
- detriment
- evil
- harm
- hurt
- impairment
- injustice
- loss
- mischief
- wrong
Verb
injury (third-person singular simple present injuries, present participle injurying, simple past and past participle injuried)
- (obsolete) To wrong, to injure.
- II.12:
- The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.
- II.12:
Further reading
- injury in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- injury in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Ry?jin
Middle English
Noun
injury
- Alternative form of injurie
injury From the web:
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- what injury do i have
- what injury does klay thompson have
- what injury takes the longest to heal
- what injury does nick foles have
- what injury did kathryn suffer
- what injury does justyce have what is it from
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