venin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of venin
Example Sentences
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There is a French expression, cracher son venin, that translates to “spit one’s venom.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2012
Je demanday par plusieurs fois au médecin s’il y avoit quelque soubçon de venin.
From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.
Vin sur lait, c’est souhait; lait sur vin, c’est venin.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
Et ta langue qui était comme un serpent rouge dardant des poisons, elle ne remue plus, elle ne dit rien maintenant, Iokanaan, cette vipère rouge qui a vomi son venin sur moi.
From Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde by Wilde, Oscar
"It is," he explained, carefully, "some of the very anticrotalus venin which we have perfected right here in the institute."
From The Film Mystery by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
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