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toxic

toxic

See also: tòxic

English

Adjective

toxic (comparative more toxic, superlative most toxic)

  1. (toxicology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
  2. (figuratively) harmful
    a toxic environment that promoted bullying

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French toxique, Latin toxicus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtok.sik/, /tokˈsik/

Adjective

toxic m, n (feminine singular toxică, masculine plural toxici, feminine and neuter plural toxice)

  1. toxic

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