Venom
Venom , noun
[Old English venim, Old French venim, venin, French venin, Latin venenum. Compare Venenate.]
1.
Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by biting or stinging.
Or hurtful worm with cankered venom bites.
2.
Spite; malice; malignity; evil quality. — Shakespeare
The venom of such looks.
Venom , transitive verb
[Old English venimen, Old French venimer, Latin venenare. See Venom, n.]
To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison. [Rare]
Venomed vengeance.