poisony
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Like or containing poison; poisonous.
Example Sentences
- "I also slit my Hand on the Back, and cupp'd it, and drew out a Quart or more of ugly poisony slimy Stuff. But my Arm swelled for all we could do: Then I got it tied so fast, that all Communication might be stopped with the Body […]"
- "Never pale Envy's poisony heads do hiss To gnaw his heart : nor Vulture Avarice : His fields ' bounds bound his thoughts : he never sups, For nectar, poison mix'd in silver cups;[…]"
- "It had a sharp 'poisony' taste.” Because Cris attempted this experiment as a teenager and we are now colleagues of his, we are relatively certain that Cris has moved on to other forms of entertainment."
- "It tasted ... poisony. Turned out, I just didn't rinse well. So much for my theory that my landlord at the time was trying to kill me. He drew out his exhalation to make his point. A long, needless point."
- "Allsopp's was accused of supplementing hops in their brews with strychnine, a cheaper, more poisony alternative. The rumors were rampant enough that Henry Allsopp himself commissioned an independent report […]"
Etymology
From poison + -y.
Inflected Forms
more poisony (comparative)
most poisony (superlative)