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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; Middle English < Latin pestilent- (stem of pestilēns) unhealthy, noxious, alteration of pestilentus, equivalent to pesti- (stem of pestis) pest + -lentus -lent
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin pestilent- (stem of pestilēns) unhealthy, noxious, alteration of pestilentus, equivalent to pesti- (stem of pestis) pest + -lentus -lent
Related forms
pes·ti·lent·ly, adverb
an·ti·pes·ti·lent, adjective
an·ti·pes·ti·lent·ly, adverb
non·pes·ti·lent, adjective
non·pes·ti·lent·ly, adverb
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