"poisonous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɔɪzənəs/, /ˈpɔɪznəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-poisonous.wav Forms: more poisonous [comparative], most poisonous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔɪzənəs, -ɔɪznəs Etymology: From Middle English poisounous, poysonouse. By surface analysis, poison + -ous. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|poisounous}} Middle English poisounous, {{surf|+suf|en|poison|ous}} By surface analysis, poison + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} poisonous (comparative more poisonous, superlative most poisonous)
  1. Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest. Categories (topical): Life Synonyms: poisoned, toxic, venomous, attery [archaic, dialectal] Translations (containing sufficient poison to be dangerous): سَامّ (sāmm) (Arabic), թունավոր (tʻunavor) (Armenian), nfãrmãcos (Aromanian), fãrmãchiros (Aromanian), toapsec (Aromanian), venenosu (Asturian), zəhərli (Azerbaijani), ядаві́ты (jadavíty) (Belarusian), атру́тны (atrútny) (Belarusian), отро́вен (otróven) (Bulgarian), verinós (Catalan), tòxic (Catalan), 有毒的 (yǒudú de) (Chinese Mandarin), jedovatý (Czech), giftig (Danish), giftig (Dutch), аяр (ajar) (Eastern Mari), venena (Esperanto), veneniga (Esperanto), myrkyllinen (Finnish), vénéneux (French), toxique (French), velenôs (Friulian), tossic (Friulian), velenoso (Galician), giftig (German), δηλητηριώδης (dilitiriódis) (Greek), ज़हरीला (zahrīlā) (Hindi), mérges (Hungarian), mérgező (Hungarian), eitraður (Icelandic), venenoza (Ido), beracun (Indonesian), nimhiúil (Irish), velenifero (Italian), velenoso (Italian), tossico (Italian), улы (uly) (Kazakh), venēnōsus (Latin), venēnifer (Latin), toxicus (Latin), indīgs (Latvian), gëfteg (Luxembourgish), отровен (otroven) (Macedonian), pyshoonagh (Manx), nieuagh (Manx), 'ntussecoso (Neapolitan), giftig (Norwegian Bokmål), skadelig (Norwegian Bokmål), verinós (Occitan), ǣtren (Old English), ǣtriġ (Old English), مسموم (mesmum) (Ottoman Turkish), trujący (Polish), tóxico (Portuguese), venenoso (Portuguese), ਵਿਸੂਲ਼ਾ (visūḷā) (Punjabi), otrăvitor (Romanian), veninos (Romanian), ядови́тый (jadovítyj) (Russian), токси́чный (toksíčnyj) (Russian), विष (viṣa) (Sanskrit), puinnseanta (Scottish Gaelic), о̀тро̄ван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), òtrōvan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), jedovatý (Slovak), strupen (Slovene), коронду (korondu) (Southern Altai), tóxico (Spanish), venenoso (Spanish), ponzoñoso (Spanish), nakalalason (Tagalog), విషపూరిత (viṣapūrita) (Telugu), wsetstse (Tocharian B), zehirli (Turkish), отру́йний (otrújnyj) (Ukrainian), vełenoxo (Venetan), tosegoxo (Venetan), tosego (Venetan), venenik (Volapük), gwenwynig (Welsh), סמיק (samik) (Yiddish), גיפֿטיק (giftik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-poisonous-en-adj-4rwQ0cyO Disambiguation of Life: 78 22 0 Disambiguation of 'containing sufficient poison to be dangerous': 93 4 2
  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.
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  3. (figuratively) Negative, harmful. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: toxic Translations ((figuratively) negative, harmful): toxisch (Dutch), verziekt (Dutch), haitallinen (Finnish), myrkyttävä (Finnish), myrkyllinen (Finnish), giftig (German), toxisch (German), gëfteg (Luxembourgish)
    Sense id: en-poisonous-en-adj-xdm1nUVl Disambiguation of '(figuratively) negative, harmful': 2 3 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autopoisonous, fruit of the poisonous tree, nonpoisonous, poisonous compliment, poisonously, poisonousness, unpoisonous

Alternative forms

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          "roman": "tʻunavor",
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          "word": "թունավոր"
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          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "toapsec"
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          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "venenosu"
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          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "zəhərli"
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          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "jadavíty",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "ядаві́ты"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "atrútny",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "атру́тны"
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          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "otróven",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "отро́вен"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "verinós"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "tòxic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǒudú de",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "有毒的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "jedovatý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "giftig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "venena"
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          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "veneniga"
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          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "myrkyllinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "vénéneux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "toxique"
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          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "velenôs"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "tossic"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "velenoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "giftig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dilitiriódis",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "δηλητηριώδης"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "zahrīlā",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "ज़हरीला"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "mérges"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "mérgező"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "eitraður"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "venenoza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "beracun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "nimhiúil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "velenifero"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "velenoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "tossico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "uly",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "улы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "venēnōsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "venēnifer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "toxicus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "indīgs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "gëfteg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "otroven",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "отровен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "pyshoonagh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "nieuagh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "ajar",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "аяр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "'ntussecoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "giftig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "skadelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "verinós"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "ǣtren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "ǣtriġ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "mesmum",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "مسموم"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "trujący"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "tóxico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "venenoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "visūḷā",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "ਵਿਸੂਲ਼ਾ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "otrăvitor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "veninos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jadovítyj",
          "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
          "word": "ядови́тый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 4 2",
          "code": "ru",
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    "Terms with Occitan translations",
    "Terms with Old English translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Punjabi translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Sanskrit translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Southern Altai translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "Terms with Telugu translations",
    "Terms with Tocharian B translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Venetan translations",
    "Terms with Volapük translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations",
    "en:Life"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "autopoisonous"
    },
    {
      "word": "fruit of the poisonous tree"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonpoisonous"
    },
    {
      "word": "poisonous compliment"
    },
    {
      "word": "poisonously"
    },
    {
      "word": "poisonousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "unpoisonous"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "poisounous"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English poisounous",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+suf",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "poison",
        "4": "ous"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, poison + -ous",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English poisounous, poysonouse. By surface analysis, poison + -ous.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more poisonous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most poisonous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "poisonous (comparative more poisonous, superlative most poisonous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nonpoisonous"
        },
        {
          "word": "unpoisonous"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Charles L. Fergus, Common Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms of the Northeast, Stackpole Books, →ISBN, 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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poison",
          "poison"
        ],
        [
          "dangerous",
          "dangerous"
        ],
        [
          "ingest",
          "ingest"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "poisoned"
        },
        {
          "word": "toxic"
        },
        {
          "word": "venomous"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "attery"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Poisonous snakes should only be handled by experienced professionals.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ],
        [
          "snake",
          "snake#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "spider",
          "spider#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "parts",
          "part#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "producing",
          "produce#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "toxin",
          "toxin"
        ],
        [
          "intend",
          "intend"
        ],
        [
          "defensive",
          "defensive#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "offensive",
          "offensive#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "use",
          "use#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "inject",
          "inject"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ],
        [
          "prey",
          "prey#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "biting",
          "bite#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "stinging",
          "sting#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "bite",
          "bite#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "sting",
          "sting#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:producing poison"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Kylie Griffin, Allegiance Sworn, Penguin, →ISBN:",
          "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Negative, harmful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Negative",
          "negative"
        ],
        [
          "harmful",
          "harmful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) Negative, harmful."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "toxic"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɔɪzənəs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɔɪznəs/"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɪzənəs"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔɪznəs"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sāmm",
      "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
      "word": "سَامّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻunavor",
      "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
      "word": "թունավոր"
    },
    {
      "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": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
      "word": "beracun"
    },
    {
      "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"
      ],
      "word": "о̀тро̄ван"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "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": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
      "word": "nakalalason"
    },
    {
      "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": "Venetan",
      "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
      "word": "vełenoxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "sense": "containing sufficient poison to be dangerous",
      "word": "tosegoxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetan",
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "poisonous"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.