venom

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An animal toxin intended for defensive or offensive use; a biological poison delivered by bite, sting, etc., to protect an animal or to kill its prey.
2. Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice; vitriol.

Verb

To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

Adj

Poisonous, poisoned; (figuratively) pernicious.

Concepten

gif

vergif

venijn

gift

vergift

giftige stof

zwadder

toxicum

Synoniemen

poison

toxin

virus

malice

spite

toxicant

maliciousness

toxicity

toxic substance

spitefulness

bane

poisonous agent

arsenic

irritation

malicious

narcotics

semen

vicious

whopper

pain

poisonous substance

acrimony

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈvɛnəm/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English venym, from Old French venim, from Vulgar Latin *venīmen, from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum (“drug; poison; a charm”), ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”). Doublet of venin and venene.