baneful

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
7

Definition of baneful

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (archaic)Poisonous, deadly.
    “[S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects / The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs / Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks / Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.”
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adj

  1. (archaic)Poisonous, deadly.
    “[S]ome fell ſerpent in his cave expects / The traveller's approach, batten'd vvith herbs / Of baneful juice to fury, forth he looks / Hideous, and lies coil'd all around his den.”
  2. Harmful, injurious.
    “This contempt of the understanding in early life has more baneful consequences than is commonly supposed […]”

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Etymology

From bane + -ful.

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