pestiferous
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ər adjective
1.
bringing or bearing disease.
2.
3.
pernicious; evil.
4.
Informal. mischievous; troublesome or annoying.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | informal troublesome; irritating |
| 2. | breeding, carrying, or spreading infectious disease |
| 3. | corrupting; pernicious |
| [C16: from Latin pestifer, from pestis contagious disease, | |
| pes'tiferously | |
| —adv | |
| pes'tiferousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
pestiferous
1458, mischievous, pernicious, fig. use of L. pestiferus "that brings plague or destruction," variant of pestifer "bringing plague," from pestis "plague" + ferre "carry" (see infer).
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Medical Dictionary
pestiferous pes·tif·er·ous (pě-stĭf'ər-əs)
adj.
Producing or breeding infectious disease.
Infected with or contaminated by an epidemic disease.
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Example sentences
Pupal parasitoids were among the earliest described natural enemies of pestiferous fruit flies.
In online environments, they are both popular and pestiferous, the cause of constant comment and debate.
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