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spit-poison

spit-poison noun: a malicious person.

Noun

spit-poison (plural spit-poisons)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) A malicious person.
    • […]a vile person comes to be understood, and then to be abhorred, and to be pointed at as he passes by with such kind of elogies as these; "There goes a person for whom no one breathing was ever the better, but many ruined, blasted, and undone; the scourge of society, a spit-poison, a viper, and to...a. 1716, Robert South, “Posthumous Sermon L”, in Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions, volume 2, London: Reeves & Turner, published 1877, page 424

Forms of spit-poison

pluralspit-poisons

Origin of spit-poison

From spit + poison.

Questions about spit-poison

What does spit-poison mean?
Spit-poison means a malicious person.
What part of speech is spit-poison?
Spit-poison is a noun.
What is the plural of spit-poison?
The plural of spit-poison is spit-poisons.

Words near spit-poison in the dictionary

  1. spit-balls
  2. spit-cup
  3. spit-cups
  4. spit-fire
  5. spit-fires
  6. spit-poison
  7. spit-poisons
  8. spit-roast
  9. spit-roasted
  10. spit-roaster
  11. spit-roasters

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