envenom
/ɪnˈvɛnəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.17 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "As when Alcides from Oealia Crown’d With conqueſt, felt th’ envenom’d robe, and tore Through pain up by the roots Theſſalian Pines […]"
- "Nay, was it I who wooed thee to this breast, / Which like a serpent thou envenomest / As in repayment of the warmth it lent?"
- "Ah dearest, whoso sucks a poisoned wound Envenoms his own veins!"
- "The Kayans of Central Borneo ascribe souls to the trees which yield the poison they use to envenom their arrows."
- "Oh what a world is this, when what is comely Enuenoms him that beares it?"
Etymology
From Middle English envenymen, from Old French envenimer (“to poison, taint”); equivalent to en- + venom.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
envenoms (present, singular)
envenoming (participle, present)
envenomed (participle, past)
envenomed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
envenomed (first person, past)
envenomest (archaic, present)
envenomed (past, second person)
envenomedst (archaic, past)
envenometh (archaic, present)
envenomed (past, singular)