Toxical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Toxic \Tox"ic\, Toxical \Tox"ic*al\, a. [L. toxicum poison,
     originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr.
     toxiko`n (sc. ?) poison for smearing arrows with, fr.
     toxiko`s of or for the bow, from to`xon bow, arrow. Cf.
     {Intoxicate}.]
     Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.


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