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pestilent
CIDE DICTIONARY
pestilent, a. [L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis pest: cf. F. pestilent.].
Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. Shak. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pestilent, adj.
1 destructive to life, deadly.
2 harmful or morally destructive.
3 colloq. troublesome; annoying.
1 destructive to life, deadly.
2 harmful or morally destructive.
3 colloq. troublesome; annoying.
Derivative
pestilently adv.
Etymology
L pestilens, pestilentus f. pestis plague
ROGET THESAURUS
pestilent
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 "pestilent" in Webster Dictionary Online