Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Toxic

Toxic , adjective

[Latin toxicum poison, originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Greek toxiko`n (sc. {not transcribed}) poison for smearing arrows with, from toxiko`s of or for the bow, from to`xon bow, arrow. Compare Intoxicate.]

Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.

Also: Toxical