ˈvenomed, ppl. a.
[f. venom n. or v. Cf. envenomed ppl. a.]
1. Of reptiles, insects, etc.: Endowed with venom; = venomous a. 3.
| 1382 Wyclif Wisdom xvi. 10 Thi sonus forsothe, nouther the teth of dragounes, ne of venymed thingus ouercamen. 1445 in Anglia XXVIII. 269 She [Lechery] misshapith som bodies More cruelly than circes herbis, which venemyd be with poysoun. 1552 Huloet, Venemed, infectus, intoxicatus. 1587 L. Mascall Govt. Cattle, Oxen (1627) 15 Against the venomed tongue of a beast, and also his body. 1592 Breton Pilgrim. Paradise Wks. (Grosart) I. 8/2 A wood..Where Snakes, and Adders, and such venumed things, Had slaine a number, with their cruell stinges. 1607 Topsell Four-f. Beasts 26 The liver of an asse burnt, driueth away venomed things. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 629 To drive the Viper's Brood, and all the venom'd Race. 1794 Mathias Purs. Lit. (1798) 157 And venom'd insects cluster round the tomb. a 1806 Horsley Serm. (1816) IV. 35 The natural advantages of man over the venom'd reptile. |
2. Covered, charged, imbued, impregnated, or smeared with venom; full of venom; poisoned, poisonous; = venomous a. 5.
| ? 1402 Quixley Ball. iii. in Yorks. Arch. Jrnl. (1908) XX. 44 Hercules Of a venymed schert was foul deseyue And brent hym self. 1540 R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. ii. iv. 69 Her husband in warre against the Syrians had catched a great wounde in his arme with a venomed sworde. 1555 Eden Decades (Arb.) 116 Theyr weapons are nother bowes nor venemed arrowes. a 1604 Hanmer Chron. Ireland (1809) 103 A Speare, whose head was venomed. 1631 P. Fletcher Piscatory Eclog. iv. xvii, The fish their life and death together drink, And dead pollute the seas with venom'd stink. 1634 Milton Comus 916 This marble venom'd seat Smear'd with gumms of glutenous heat. 1700 Dryden Ovid's Met. xv. 360 With venom'd Grinders you corrupt your Meat. 1746 Francis tr. Horace, Sat. i. viii. 33 They, who turn poor people's brains With venom'd drugs and magic lay. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 210 The venom'd garment hiss'd; its touch the fires Avoiding. 1824 in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1825) 308 Though he often sting me with a dart, Venomed and barbed. a 1839 Praed Poems (1864) II. 20 Beneath their venomed breath Life wears the pallid hue of death. 1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal II. ix. 168 He had aimed many a venomed arrow at her breast. |
b. Of a wound.
| 1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 79 Also vitriol combuste be itself or with salt combuste yputte vpon a venemyd wonde draweþ þe venym fro byneþ vnto aboue. 1597 A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 2/2 Some woundes are of a worser nature, as beinge venoumede, rebellious and entermingled with some badde accidentes. 1805 Scott Last Minstr. vi. ix, The venom'd wound..Long after rued that bodkin's point. 1870 Bryant Iliad ii. I. 71 A venomed wound Made by a serpent's fangs. |
c. Of a bite, sting, etc. Also fig.
| 1602 Marston Ant. & Mel. iv. Wks. 1856 I. 53 We have breasts of proofe Gainst all the venom'd stings of misery. 1697 Dryden Virg. Georg. ii. 522 The greedy Flocks; Their venom'd Bite, and Scars indented on the Stocks. 1765 Goldsm. New Simile 48 The serpents round about it twin'd, Denote the rage with which he writes, His frothy slaver, venom'd bites. 1812 S. Rogers Ep. to Friend 4 When..thy curious mind Has class'd the insect-tribes of human-kind, Each with its busy hum,..Its subtle web-work, or its venom'd sting. 1822 Jodrell Persian Heroine ii. ii. 758 How sharp thy venom'd sting is, O Remorse! 1903 Bridges Wintry Delights 377 All the venom'd stings And dread sharpnesses of fury. |
3. fig. Imbued with some virulent or malevolent quality; harmful or injurious in some way; noxious; = envenomed ppl. a. 2.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints l. (Katherine) 222 Gyf þou had mycht, me think þu wald with venemyt slycht, tak ws in gyrne dissatfully. 1382 Wyclif Josh. Prol., To reproue with venymyd tonge. 1435 Misyn Fire of Love 90 So þat non erthly þinge nor odir of venemyd swetnes in qwhilk þa suld haue luste þa take. 1602 Marston Ant. & Mel. i. Wks. 1856 I. 11 Till their soules burst with venom'd arrogance. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. xxx. (1674) 34 [They] appease the minds of incenst Princes, and the hearts of venomed people. 1718 Prior Solomon iii. 206 The Venom'd Tongue injurious to his Fame. 1726 Pope Odyss. xix. 115 Him, my guest, thy venom'd rage hath stung. 1821 Shelley Epipsych. 256 One, whose voice was venomed melody. 1859 Tennyson Merlin & V. 170 She play'd about with slight and sprightly talk, And vivid smiles, and faintly-venom'd points Of slander. 1865 Spectator 14 Oct. 1133/2 The kind of scribe who speaks of Mr. Delane as having left behind him ‘a venomed trail’. |
4. Comb. in venomed-mouthed adj.
| 1613 Shakes. Hen. VIII, i. i. 120 This Butchers Curre is venom'd-mouth'd [Rowe (1709) venome mouth'd; mod. edd. venom-mouth'd], and I Haue not the power to muzzle him. |
Hence † ˈvenomedness. Obs.—0
| 1611 Cotgr., Venenosité, venomednesse, venomousnesse. |