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pestilential
CIDE DICTIONARY
pestilential, a. [Cf. F. pestilentiel.].
- Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive. [1913 Webster]"So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pestilential, adj.
1 of or relating to pestilence.
2 dangerous; troublesome; pestilent.
1 of or relating to pestilence.
2 dangerous; troublesome; pestilent.
Derivative
pestilentially adv.
Etymology
ME f. med.L pestilentialis f. L pestilentia (as PESTILENT)
ROGET THESAURUS
pestilential
Insalubrity
N insalubrity, unhealthiness, nonnaturals, plague spot, malaria, death in the pot, contagion, toxicity, insalubrious, unhealthy, unwholesome, noxious, noisome, morbific, morbiferous, mephitic, septic, azotic, deleterious, pestilent, pestiferous, pestilential, virulent, venomous, envenomed, poisonous, toxic, toxiferous, teratogenic, narcotic, contagious, infectious, catching, taking, epidemic, zymotic, epizootic, innutritious, indigestible, ungenial, uncongenial, deadly.For further exploring for "pestilential" in Webster Dictionary Online
