venomousness

English

Etymology

venomous +‎ -ness

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛnəməsnəs/, (in rapid speech) /ˈvɛnməsnəs/

Noun

venomousness (uncountable)

1. The condition of being venomous.

   Synonym: venomosity

   • 2012, Carl T. Bergstrom, Lee Alan Dugatkin, “Phylogeny and Evolutionary History”, in Betsy Twitchell, editor, Evolution, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 125:

     Researchers assumed that there was no venom without a delivery system, and so they concluded that venomousness must be a highly derived trait seen in a relatively small fraction of all snake species.

Translations

condition of being venomous

• Middle English: venymoushede, venymouste