Spit-poison
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spit-poison is a noun meaning (obsolete, derogatory) A malicious person.
Meaning
(obsolete, derogatory) A malicious person.
Example Sentences
[…]a vile person comes to be understood, and then to be abhorred, and to be pointed at as he passes by with such kind of elogies as these; "There goes a person for whom no one breathing was ever the better, but many ruined, blasted, and undone; the scourge of society, a spit-poison, a viper, and to be abandoned and shunned by all companies, like a mortal infection[…]"
Word Forms
- spit-poisons
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spitpoison, turnspit, pisspot, spewer, lickspittle, spiter.
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