poisonsome

English

Etymology

From poison +‎ -some.

Adjective

poisonsome (comparative more poisonsome, superlative most poisonsome)

1. (obsolete) poisonous
   • 1597, John Gerard, The Herball Or Generall Historie of Plantes:

     of a poisonsome qualitie , very neere to that of Hemlockes

References

• “poisonsome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.