Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veneficial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ven-e-fi-cial
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Poisonous or poisoning; pertaining to poison; malignant, sorcerous.

Archaic; Dated

Example Sentences

"Why the Goddesses sit commonly crosse-legged in ancient draughts, Since Juno is described in the same as a veneficial posture to hinder the birth of Hercules?"
"[…] 3. The chanting, canting, or calculating witch, who works by signs and numbers. 4. The veneficial or poisoning witch. 5. The exorcist or conjuring witch."
"[…] utilization of parasitic and predacious insects for the control of crop insect pests. It is expected to find in the tropics many veneficial insects […]"

Etymology

From venefice.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more veneficial (comparative) most veneficial (superlative)

Questions

What does veneficial mean?: Poisonous or poisoning; pertaining to poison; malignant, sorcerous.
Where does veneficial come from?: From venefice.

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