Pestilent \Pes"ti*lent\, a. [L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis
pest: cf. F. pestilent.]
Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. "Corrupt and
pestilent." --Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!"
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pestilent
adj 1: exceedingly harmful [syn: baneful, deadly, pernicious]
2: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift;
"plaguey fevers" [syn: pestilential, pestiferous, plaguey]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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