Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

venefic

/vəˈnɛfɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ve-nef-ic
IPA: /vəˈnɛfɪk/

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

poisonous; pertaining to poison or poisoning

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Our attorney and Elder Noyse and many others talk of venefic and malignant particles, which shoot from the eyes of witches and enter the bodies of the afflicted."

Etymology

From Latin venēficus, from venēnum (“poison”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: venēficus

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more venefic (comparative) most venefic (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce venefic?: The recorded pronunciation is /vəˈnɛfɪk/.
What does venefic mean?: poisonous; pertaining to poison or poisoning
Where does venefic come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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