toxic

Borrowed from French toxique, from Late Latin toxicus (“poisoned”), from Latin toxicum (“poison”), from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón) [φάρμακον (phármakon)] ("poison for use on arrows"), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to arrows or archery”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒk.sɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑk.sɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɒksɪk

toxic (comparative more toxic, superlative most toxic)

1. (toxicology) Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
2. (figuratively) Negative; harmful.

   a toxic environment that promoted bullying

3. (medicine) Appearing grossly unwell; characterised by serious, potentially life-threatening compromise in the respiratory, circulatory or other body systems.

   The child appeared toxic on arrival at the hospital.

• poisonous
• venomous

• cytotoxic (adjective)
• toxicity (noun)
• toxic shock
• toxin (noun)
• intoxicate

• toxic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “toxic” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

toxic (comparative plus toxic, superlative le plus toxic)

1. toxic (chemically noxious to health)

• toxicitate

Borrowed from French toxique, Latin toxicus, from Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón). See also toapsec.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtok.sik/, /tokˈsik/

toxic m or n (feminine singular toxică, masculine plural toxici, feminine and neuter plural toxice)

1. toxic

• otrăvicios
• otrăvitor

• intoxica
• toapsec