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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "autopoisonous"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "fruit of the poisonous tree"
},
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"word": "nonpoisonous"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "poisonous compliment"
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{
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"word": "poisonously"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English poisounous, poysonouse, equivalent to poison + -ous.",
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"form": "more poisonous",
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"comparative"
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{
"word": "nonpoisonous"
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{
"word": "unpoisonous"
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"text": "While highly poisonous to dogs, this substance is completely harmless if ingested by humans.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1757, John Dyer, “Book I”, in The Fleece: A Poem […], London: R. and J. Dodsley, page 40",
"text": "Nor taint-worm ſhall infect the yeaning herds / Nor penny-graſs, nor ſpearwort's poiſ'nous leaf.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003, Charles L. Fergus, Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast, Stackpole Books, page 77",
"text": "I had picked a mushroom so poisonous that particles of it, stuck to my fingers and accidentally swallowed, could have made me deathly ill, and a piece the size of my thumb could have killed me.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest."
],
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"poison",
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[
"dangerous",
"dangerous"
],
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"ingest",
"ingest"
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{
"word": "poisoned"
},
{
"word": "toxic"
},
{
"word": "venomous"
},
{
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dialectal"
],
"word": "attery"
}
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{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sāmm",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "سَامّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻunawor",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "թունաւոր"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "nfãrmãcos"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "fãrmãchiros"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "toapsec"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venenosu"
},
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"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "zəhərli"
},
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"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "jadavíty",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ядаві́ты"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "atrútny",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "атру́тны"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otróven",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "отро́вен"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "verinós"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tòxic"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒudú de",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "有毒的"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "jedovatý"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "giftig"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "giftig"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venena"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "veneniga"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "myrkyllinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "vénéneux"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "toxique"
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{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "velenôs"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tossic"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "velenoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "giftig"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dilitiriódis",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "δηλητηριώδης"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "zahrīlā",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ज़हरीला"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "mérges"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "mérgező"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "eitraður"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venenoza"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "nimhiúil"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "velenifero"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "velenoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tossico"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "uly",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "улы"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venēnōsus"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venēnifer"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "toxicus"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "indīgs"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "gëfteg"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "otroven",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "отровен"
},
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"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "pyshoonagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "nieuagh"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "ajar",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "аяр"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "'ntussecoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "giftig"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "skadelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "verinós"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ǣtren"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ǣtriġ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "mesmum",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "مسموم"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "trujący"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tóxico"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venenoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "visūḷā",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ਵਿਸੂਲ਼ਾ"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "otrăvitor"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "veninos"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jadovítyj",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ядови́тый"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "toksíčnyj",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "токси́чный"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "viṣa",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "विष"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "puinnseanta"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "о̀тро̄ван"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "òtrōvan"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "jedovatý"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "strupen"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "korondu",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "коронду"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tóxico"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venenoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ponzoñoso"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "viṣapūrita",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "విషపూరిత"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "wsetstse"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "zehirli"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "otrújnyj",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "отру́йний"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "vełenoxo"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tosegoxo"
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{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tosego"
},
{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venenik"
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{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "gwenwynig"
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{
"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "samik",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "סמיק"
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"_dis1": "93 5 2",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "giftik",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "גיפֿטיק"
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{
"text": "Poisonous snakes should only be handled by experienced professionals.",
"type": "example"
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{
"ref": "1787, F.S. Clavigero, The History of Mexico, London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, page 60",
"text": "The Cencoatl (o), which is alſo a poiſonous ſnake, is about five feet long, and eight inches round at the thickeſt part.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1963, United States. Navy Department. Naval Operations Office, Poisonous Snakes of World, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 29",
"text": "The characteristics which separate the dangerously venomous groups from their non-poisonous relatives are emphasized.",
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{
"ref": "2002, B. Kalman and K. Smithyman, The Life Cycle of a Spider, Crabtree Publishing Company, page 31",
"text": "These antivenins make living near poisonous spiders much safer.",
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"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."
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"snake",
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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],
[
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{
"ref": "2013, Kylie Griffin, Allegiance Sworn, Penguin",
"text": "He didn't want to end up like his grandfather, bitter and intractable, consumed in his hatred like an addict on haze — a poisonous attitude that would possess him all his remaining years.",
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"(figuratively) Negative, harmful."
],
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"word": "toxic"
}
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{
"_dis1": "2 3 95",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "toxisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 95",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "verziekt"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 95",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "haitallinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 95",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "myrkyttävä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 95",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "myrkyllinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 95",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "giftig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 3 95",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "toxisch"
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"_dis1": "2 3 95",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "gëfteg"
}
]
}
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"ipa": "/ˈpɔɪzənəs/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpɔɪznəs/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪzənəs"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪznəs"
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"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "2002, B. Kalman and K. Smithyman, The Life Cycle of a Spider, Crabtree Publishing Company, page 31",
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"ref": "2013, Kylie Griffin, Allegiance Sworn, Penguin",
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "sāmm",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "سَامّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tʻunawor",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "թունաւոր"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "nfãrmãcos"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "fãrmãchiros"
},
{
"code": "rup",
"lang": "Aromanian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "toapsec"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venenosu"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "zəhərli"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "jadavíty",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ядаві́ты"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "atrútny",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "атру́тны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otróven",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "отро́вен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "verinós"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tòxic"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒudú de",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "有毒的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "jedovatý"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "giftig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "giftig"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venena"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "veneniga"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "myrkyllinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "vénéneux"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "toxique"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "velenôs"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tossic"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "velenoso"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "giftig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dilitiriódis",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "δηλητηριώδης"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "zahrīlā",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ज़हरीला"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "mérges"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "mérgező"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "eitraður"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venenoza"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "nimhiúil"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "velenifero"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "velenoso"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tossico"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "uly",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "улы"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venēnōsus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venēnifer"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "toxicus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "indīgs"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "gëfteg"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "otroven",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "отровен"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "pyshoonagh"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "nieuagh"
},
{
"code": "mhr",
"lang": "Eastern Mari",
"roman": "ajar",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "аяр"
},
{
"code": "nap",
"lang": "Neapolitan",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "'ntussecoso"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "giftig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "skadelig"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "verinós"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ǣtren"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ǣtriġ"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "mesmum",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "مسموم"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "trujący"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tóxico"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venenoso"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "visūḷā",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ਵਿਸੂਲ਼ਾ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "otrăvitor"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "veninos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jadovítyj",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ядови́тый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "toksíčnyj",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "токси́чный"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "viṣa",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "विष"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "puinnseanta"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
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"word": "о̀тро̄ван"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"tags": [
"Roman"
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"word": "òtrōvan"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "jedovatý"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "strupen"
},
{
"code": "alt",
"lang": "Southern Altai",
"roman": "korondu",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "коронду"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tóxico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venenoso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "ponzoñoso"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "viṣapūrita",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "విషపూరిత"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "wsetstse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "zehirli"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "otrújnyj",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "отру́йний"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "vełenoxo"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tosegoxo"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "tosego"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "venenik"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "gwenwynig"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "samik",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "סמיק"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "giftik",
"sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
"word": "גיפֿטיק"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "toxisch"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "verziekt"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "haitallinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "myrkyttävä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "myrkyllinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "giftig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "toxisch"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "(figuratively) negative, harmful",
"word": "gëfteg"
}
],
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