poisonous

Significado (Inglés)

  1. Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.
  2. Of an animal such as a snake or spider, or parts of its body: producing a toxin intended for defensive or offensive use which is usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; hence, of a bite or sting: injecting poison.
  3. (figuratively) Negative, harmful.

Opuesto a
nonpoisonous, unpoisonous
Frecuencia

C1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈpɔɪzənəs/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English poisounous, poysonouse. By surface analysis, poison + -ous.

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