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English
Etymology
Latin veneficus.
Adjective
venefical (comparative more venefical, superlative most venefical)
- Obsolete form of veneficial.
- Ben Jonson, 1616, The Masque of Queens, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson, p.946: These witches came forth from thence. all with spindles, timbrels, rattles, or other veneficall instruments.