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bugbane

noun

Etymology

From bug + bane.

  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. compounded as bugbane — “bug + bane”

Definitions

  1. Actaea spp. (baneberry).

    • “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.

  2. Trautvetteria spp.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bugbane. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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