baneful

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Etymology

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From bane +‎ -ful.

Adjective

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baneful (comparative more baneful, superlative most baneful)

  1. (archaic) Poisonous, deadly.
    • 1791, Homer, “[The Iliad.] Book XXII.”, in W[illiam] Cowper, transl., The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer, Translated into Blank Verse, [], volume I, London: [] J[oseph] Johnson, [], →OCLC, page 577, lines 106–109:
      [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.

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