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toxico

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See also: toxico- and tóxico

French

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Etymology

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Clipping of toxicomane.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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toxico m or f by sense (plural toxicos)

  1. (colloquial) druggie (drug addict)
    Synonym: toxicomane

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Inflected form of toxicum.

Noun

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toxicō

  1. dative/ablative singular of toxicum

Etymology 2

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From toxicus.

Verb

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toxicō (present infinitive toxicāre, perfect active toxicāvī, supine toxicātum); first conjugation

  1. (Late Latin) to smear or anoint with poison[1]
    • 1313, The Battle of Bannockburn :[2]
      Quorum virus Anglia tota toxicatur; / Vulgaris justitia sic et enervatur; / Regale judicium per hos offuscatur; / Ex hoc in exilium fides relegatur.
      With whose venom all England is poisoned; and thus common justice is weakened; by these the royal judgment is darkened; in consequence of this, faith is driven into exile.
Conjugation
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Descendants
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  • Romanian: topseca
  • Venetan: tosegar

References

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  • toxico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • toxico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • toxico in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016