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toxic

adj
/ˈtɒk.sɪk/UK/ˈtɑk.sɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic Borrowed from French toxique, from Late Latin toxicus (“poisoned”), from Latin toxicum (“poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón) [φάρμακον (phármakon)] ("poison for use on arrows"), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to arrows or archery”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).

  1. derived from τοξικόν
  2. derived from toxicum
  3. derived from toxicus
  4. borrowed from toxique

Definitions

  1. Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise…

    Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.

    • Tobacco smoke contains many toxic substances.

  2. Appearing grossly unwell

    Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.

    • The child appeared toxic on arrival at the hospital.

  3. Severely negative or harmful.

    • a toxic environment that promoted bullying
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Of a person, hateful or strongly antipathetic.

      • It is not good to be around toxic people.
      • Though Twitter is still overrun with toxic anger and fear-based nonsense (now more than ever), it is also, in one crucial way, beginning to play an important role in our response to the pandemic.
      • A veteran UN diplomat, Kaag, 62, said the environment for politicians in the Netherlands had become “toxic” as she and colleagues faced a continual barrage of “hate, intimidation and threats” and often needed tight police security.

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Derived

adrenotoxic, aerotoxic, agrotoxic, angiotoxic, antitoxic, atoxic, autotoxic, bacteriotoxic, biotoxic, cancerotoxic, cardiotoxic, chemotoxic, chondrotoxic, chronotoxic, ciliotoxic, coagulotoxic, cryotoxic, cytotoxic, dermatotoxic, dermatoxic, ecotoxic, embryotoxic, endotoxic, entomotoxic, equitoxic, excitotoxic, exotoxic, fertotoxic, fetotoxic, foetotoxic, fungitoxic, gametotoxic, gastrotoxic, genotoxic, glucolipotoxic, glucotoxic, glycotoxic, gonadotoxic, hematotoxic, hemotoxic · +80 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for toxic. 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