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Definition of Pestilently - 2 dictionary results

pes⋅ti⋅lent

  [pes-tl-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.
2. destructive to life; deadly; poisonous.
3. injurious to peace, morals, etc.; pernicious.
4. troublesome, annoying, or mischievous.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L pestilent- (s. of pestilēns) unhealthy, noxious, alter. of pestilentus, equiv. to pesti- (s. of pestis) pest + -lentus -lent

Related forms:
pes⋅ti⋅lent⋅ly, adverb
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Pestilently

Pes"ti*lent*ly\, adv. In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively. "Above all measure pestilently noisome." --Dr. H. More.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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