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empoisonment

empoisonment noun: poisoning.

Noun

empoisonment (countable and uncountable, plural empoisonments)

  1. (archaic) poisoning
    • questions touching the empoisonmentc. 1616, Francis Bacon, letter to the King

Forms of empoisonment

pluralempoisonments
alternative form (obsolete)impoisonment

Origin of empoisonment

From empoison + -ment. Compare French empoisonnement.

Questions about empoisonment

What does empoisonment mean?
Empoisonment means poisoning.
What part of speech is empoisonment?
Empoisonment is a noun.
What is the plural of empoisonment?
The plural of empoisonment is empoisonments.

Words near empoisonment in the dictionary

  1. empoison
  2. empoisoned
  3. empoisoner
  4. empoisoners
  5. empoisoning
  6. empoisonment
  7. empoisonments
  8. empoisons
  9. empolder
  10. empoldered
  11. empoldering

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