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Definition of pestilential - 5 dictionary results

pes⋅ti⋅len⋅tial

[pes-tl-en-shuhl]
–adjective
1. producing or tending to produce pestilence.
2. pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, esp. bubonic plague.
3. pernicious; harmful.
4. annoyingly troublesome.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ML pestilentiālis. See pestilent, -ial


pes⋅ti⋅len⋅tial⋅ly, adverb
pes⋅ti⋅len⋅tial⋅ness, noun
pes·ti·len·tial   (pěs'tə-lěn'shəl)   
adj.  Pestilent. See Synonyms at poisonous.
pes'ti·len'tial·ly adv.

Pestilential

Pes`ti*len"tial\, a. [Cf. F. pestilentiel.]

1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. "Sends the pestilential vapors." --Longfellow.

2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.

So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin. --Jer. Taylor.

Main Entry: pes·ti·len·tial
Pronunciation: "pes-t&-'len-ch&l
Function: adjective
1 : causing or tending to causepestilence
2 : of or relating to pestilence

pestilential pes·ti·len·tial (pěs'tə-lěn'shəl)
adj.
Of, relating to, or tending to produce a pestilence.

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