toxic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective of or relating to or caused by a toxin or poison
    • suffering from exposure to toxic substances

WordNet

Tox"ic, Tox"ic*al adjective (Also<
  • Toxic
  • Toxical
)
Etymology
L. toxicum poison, originally, a poison in which arrows were dipped, Gr. (sc. ) poison for smearing arrows with, fr. of or for the bow, from bow, arrow. Cf. Intoxicate.
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to poison; poisonous; as, toxic medicines.

Webster 1913