Meanings
nounempoisonment (countable and uncountable, plural empoisonments)
plural empoisonments · alternative obsolete impoisonment
- archaiccountableuncountablepoisoning
c. 1616, Francis Bacon, letter to the King questions touching the empoisonment
Origin
From empoison + -ment. Compare French empoisonnement.
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empoisonment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empoisonment
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“empoisonment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empoisonment. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “empoisonment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empoisonment.
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