Pestilential \Pes`ti*len"tial\, a. [Cf. F. pestilentiel.]
1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. "Sends the
pestilential vapors." --Longfellow.
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2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally
destructive.
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So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin.
--Jer. Taylor.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pestilential
adj : likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift;
"plaguey fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestiferous, plaguey]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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