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   Tox·ic

   /ˈtäksik/

   

   adjective

   • 1. poisonous: "the dumping of toxic waste"
   • ▪ relating to or caused by poison: "toxic hazards"
   • 2. very harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way: "a toxic relationship"
   • 3. denoting or relating to debt that has a high risk of default: "toxic debts"
   • ▪ denoting securities that are based on toxic debt and for which there is not a healthy or functioning market: "the financial system has become clogged with toxic assets"

   noun

   • 1. poisonous substances.

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from medieval Latin toxicus ‘poisoned’, from Latin toxicum ‘poison’, from Greek toxikon (pharmakon) ‘(poison for) arrows’, from toxon ‘bow’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. toxically adverb

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • T

     1

   • O

     1

   • X

     8

   • I

     1

   • C

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