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baneful

adj

Etymology

From bane + -ful.

  1. inherited from *gʷʰen-✻ — “to slay, kill; to strike”
  2. inherited from *banô✻ — “killer, murderer, slayer; death, bane”
  3. inherited from *banō✻
  4. inherited from bana — “person or thing that causes death, murderer”
  5. inherited from bane — “person or thing that destroys life, murderer, slayer; person who destroys the soul; destruction of life, death, doom; poison”
  6. suffixed as baneful — “bane + ful”

Definitions

  1. Poisonous, deadly.

    • [S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects / The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs / Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks / Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.

  2. Harmful, injurious.

    • This contempt of the understanding in early life has more baneful consequences than is commonly supposed […]

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA