pestilent
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tl 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; 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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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —adj | |
| 1. | annoying; irritating |
| 2. | highly destructive morally or physically; pernicious |
| 3. | infected with or likely to cause epidemic or infectious disease |
| [C15: from Latin pestilens unwholesome, from pestis plague] | |
| 'pestilently | |
| —adv | |
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In any case, the final aim must be to burn out entirely this pestilent abscess.
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