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French
Etymology
Clipping of toxicomane.
Pronunciation
Noun
toxico m or f by sense (plural toxicos)
- (colloquial) druggie (drug addict)
- Synonym: toxicomane
Further reading
Latin
Etymology 1
Inflected form of toxicum.
Noun
toxicō
- dative/ablative singular of toxicum
Etymology 2
From toxicus.
Verb
toxicō (present infinitive toxicāre, perfect active toxicāvī, supine toxicātum); first conjugation
- (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
Descendants
References
- “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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016