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Definition of pestilentialness - 1 dictionary result

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
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