veneficial

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adjective

Poisonous or poisoning; pertaining to poison; malignant, sorcerous.

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Meanings

adjectiveveneficial (comparative more veneficial, superlative most veneficial)

comparative more veneficial · superlative most veneficial

  1. archaicdatedPoisonous or poisoning; pertaining to poison; malignant, sorcerous.

    Why the Goddesses sit commonly crosse-legged in ancient draughts, Since Juno is described in the same as a veneficial posture to hinder the birth of Hercules?

    1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 213
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    […] 3. The chanting, canting, or calculating witch, who works by signs and numbers. 4. The veneficial or poisoning witch. 5. The exorcist or conjuring witch.

    1963, Rossell Hope Robbins, The encyclopedia of witchcraft and demonology, page 545

    […] utilization of parasitic and predacious insects for the control of crop insect pests. It is expected to find in the tropics many veneficial insects […]

    1964, Nature and Life in Southeast Asia, volumes 3-4, page 393

Origin

From venefice.

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APA

veneficial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veneficial

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“veneficial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veneficial. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “veneficial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/veneficial.

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