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emendation (iou) and poison 1, noun (oh)


emendation (iou)



emendation noun. LME.
[Latin emendatio(n-), formed as EMENDATE: see -ATION.]
Reformation, improvement. LME-L17.
(An) improvement by alteration and correction; esp. (an) alteration of a text where it is presumed to be corrupt. L16.

poison 1, noun (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: 'drink, poisonous drink, poison', from Latin potio; POTION]
[U and C] a substance that can cause death or serious illness if you eat it, drink it etc
::Belladonna and red arsenic are deadly poisons .
::a box of rat poison (=poison to kill rats)
::He swallowed some type of poison.
[C] something such as an emotion or idea that makes you behave badly or become very unhappy
::Hatred is a poison that will destroy your life.
what's your poison?
old-fashioned spoken a humorous way of asking which alcoholic drink someone would like
-see also one man's meat is another man's poison at meat (4)