PESTILENT
\pˈɛstɪlənt], \pˈɛstɪlənt], \p_ˈɛ_s_t_ɪ_l_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of PESTILENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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exceedingly harmful
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likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
By Princeton University
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exceedingly harmful
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likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguelike diseases"; "plaguey fevers"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Producing pestilence: hurtful to health and life: mischievous: corrupt: troublesome.
By Daniel Lyons
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Hurtful to health or morals; troublesome.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
