impoisoner en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English empoisonere, equivalent to impoison + -er.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A poisoner.
From my exceſſe of moyſture, vvith ſuch coſt, / And can you yeeld no other retribution, / But to deuoure your maker, pandar, ſponge, / Impoyſner, all grovvne barren?
c. 1607–1621 (date written), [Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Philip Massinger], The Tragedy of Thierry King of France, and His Brother Theodoret. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1621, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature D2, recto:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| impoisoners | Number=Plur | lexicographic |