Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of, relating to, or caused by a toxin or other poison: a toxic condition; toxic hepatitis.
- adj. Capable of causing injury or death, especially by chemical means; poisonous: food preservatives that are toxic in concentrated amounts; a dump for toxic industrial wastes. See Synonyms at poisonous.
- n. A toxic chemical or other substance.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or relating to a toxin.
- Of or pertaining to toxicants; poisonous.
- Toxicological: as, toxic symptoms.
Wiktionary
- adj. toxicology Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
Etymologies
- French toxique, from Late Latin toxicus ("poisoned"), from Latin toxicum ("poison"), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikon), φάρμακον (pharmakon, "poison for use on arrows"), from τοξικός (toxikos, "pertaining to arrows or archery"), from τόξον (toxon, "bow"). (Wiktionary)
- Late Latin toxicus, from Latin toxicum, poison, from Greek toxikon, poison for arrows, poison, from neuter of toxikos, of a bow, from toxon, bow, from Old Persian *taxša-, an arrow. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Although we can certainly have toxic relatives, toxic thoughts, or toxic relationships, I generally use the term toxic in discussing two broad classes of toxins: environmental and internal.”
“TOM COMERFORD, TOUR GUIDE: Have you ever heard of the term toxic assets?”
“Lord Patten, the BBC Trust chairman, has signalled that the corporation would address what he called a "toxic" public relations problem by cutting the pay of some of its most senior executives.”
The Guardian: Lord Patten targets 'toxic' executive pay to restore public sympathy for BBC
“It's going to subsidize private investors, who hopefully -- they were hoping will come in and buy some of this what they call toxic waste.”
“Just because a planet has what you call a toxic atmosphere of carbon dioxide and a surface temperature of 1,700 doesn\'t mean it doesn\'t have some kind of life thriving there.”
Astronomers, Start Thinking Outside Your Own Toxic Brain Atmospheres
“Congressman Lewis said he was warning about the dangers of what he calls toxic language.”
“AMANPOUR: And fighting back against what they call a toxic, secular society.”
“AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG: No, John was concerned about what he calls toxic speech.”
“ANDREW YOUNG, FORMER AMBASSADOR: John said that John was concerned about what he calls toxic speech.”
“Then our bodies tell us to keep eating more and more food, which I call toxic hunger--basically, a food addiction.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘toxic’.
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G[r]eek
A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 346 more...
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bbc uk china vocab.
conservationists, estimate, threats, infertility, eating away at, endangered, furry, panel, in trouble, gongs, triumphed, caps and 1007 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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gangster
random gangster lingo and street slang with extra absurdities.
( open list, randomness )
related:
http://www....swagga, chinga, slams, blitzy, earf, manor, code name, rekkid, weight, feather, kong, swisher and 323 more...
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bad memory
copper, anvil, oblique, thrust, shrine, welfare, farewell, bitter, faction, sectarian, tangible, spectacle and 134 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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That STINKS!
Words having to do with terrible smells.
odor, putrid, stank, stink, smell, horrid, foul, putrecence, awful, rotting, garbage, toilet and 14 more...
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ENVI - Seveso
Terms used in the EU's environmental policy referring to the Seveso III. directive.
HU translations: European Universi..., dangerous substances, tiered approach, classification sy..., toxic, exposure routes, oral exposure, dermal exposure, exposure by inhal..., CLP Regulation, package of correc..., delegated acts and 51 more... -
intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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toxi-, toxico-, toxo-, -toxic
of or relating to poisons
toxicology, toxic, toxemia, toxituberculide, toxicogenic, toxoplasma
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What's That Pokémon Name?
Words used to create the names of Pokémon, which are usually portmanteaux.
bulb, dinosaur, ivy, venus, char, salamander, squirt, turtle, blast, tortoise, water, caterpillar and 525 more...
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Writing
immunity, reaching, ingenuity, divinity, affinity, kaleidoscopes, statistics, hope, pictures, linguistics, magenta, mist and 222 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
contemplate, container, consumer, consultant, consensus, conscious, conscience, connection, confusion, confront, conflict, confident and 4334 more...
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Winter's Bone vocabulary
Study list of difficult words from Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter's Bone. In reverse order: start at the bottom to see words from the beginning of the novel!
plaid, lazy susan, lope, furtive, dour, scamper, hard-boiled, implacable, dainty, stomp, resignation, crank and 138 more...
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The "dark" things
grave, dead, death, die, died, dies, murder, murdered, murderer, murders, murdering, murderous and 115 more...
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thegirlnextfloor's list
autumnal, avalanche, silhouette, antique, abysmal, scorch, sonic, surge, symmetry, whisper, penchant, dissipate and 349 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for toxic.
lampbane "With a taste of your lips
I’m on a ride
You're toxic I'm slipping under
With a taste of a poison paradise
I’m addicted to you
Don’t you know that you’re toxic
And I love what you do
Don’t you know that you’re toxic" Nov 12, 2007