impoisoner

English

Etymology

From Middle English empoisonere, equivalent to impoison +‎ -er.

Noun

impoisoner (plural impoisoners)

1. (obsolete) A poisoner.
   • c. 1607–1621 (date written), [Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger], The Tragedy of Thierry King of France, and His Brother Theodoret. […], London: […] [Nicholas Okes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1621, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, signature D2, recto:

     From my exceſſe of moyſture, vvith ſuch coſt, / And can you yeeld no other retribution, / But to deuoure your maker, pandar, ſponge, / Impoyſner, all grovvne barren?

References

• “impoisoner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• epimorions