poisonsome

English

Etymology

poison +‎ -some

Adjective

poisonsome (comparative more poisonsome, superlative most poisonsome)

(obsolete) poisonous
- 1597, John Gerard, The Herball Or Generall Historie of Plantes:
  of a poisonsome qualitie , very neere to that of Hemlockes

References

“poisonsome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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