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counterpoison

noun

Etymology

From counter- + poison.

  1. derived from pōtio — “drink, a draught, a poisonous draught, a potion”
  2. derived from poison
  3. inherited from poysoun
  4. prefixed as counterpoison — “counter + poison”

Definitions

  1. A poison used against another poison, serving as an antidote.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for counterpoison. 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