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Webster 1913 Edition
Venom
1.
Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by biting or stinging.
Or hurtful worm with cankered
venom
bites. Milton.
2.
Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality.
Chaucer.
“The venom of such looks.” Shak.
Syn. – Venom; virus; bane. See
Poison
. Ven′om
,Verb.
T.
To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.
[R.]
“Venomed vengeance.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Venom
VEN'OM
,Noun.
1.
Poison; matter fatal or injurious to life. Venom is generally used to express noxious matter that is applied externally, or that is discharged from animals, as that of bites and stings of serpents, scorpions, &c.; and poison, to express substances taken into the stomach.2.
Spite; malice.VEN'OM
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
venom
venom
English
Noun
venom (countable and uncountable, plural venoms)
- A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging; atter.
- Milton
- Hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.
- Milton
- (figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice.
- Shakespeare
- the venom of such looks
- Shakespeare
Translations
poison carried by animal
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(figurative) malice
Derived terms
Verb
venom (third-person singular simple present venoms, present participle venoming, simple past and past participle venomed)