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Pernicious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pernicious? [adj] working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison" [adj] exceedingly harmful Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pernicious: baneful \| deadly \| harmful \| insidious \| noxious \| pestilent \| subtle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pernicious: baleful \| baneful \| brutal \| corroding \| corrosive \| corrupting \| corruptive \| counterproductive \| damaging \| deadly \| death-bringing \| deathful \| deathly \| deleterious \| destructive \| detrimental \| devastating \| disadvantageous \| disserviceable \| distressing \| fatal \| feral \| harmful \| hurtful \| injurious \| internecine \| killing \| lethal \| malefic \| maleficent \| malevolent \| malign \| malignant \| miasmatic \| miasmic \| mischievous \| mortal \| noisome \| noxious \| ominous \| pestiferous \| pestilent \| pestilential \| poisonous \| prejudicial \| ruinous \| savage \| scatheful \| sinister \| swart \| toxic \| venenate \| veneniferous \| venenous \| venomous \| vicious \| virulent See Also \| Pernicious In Webster's Dictionary \Perni"cious\, a. [L. pernix, -icis.] Quick; swift (to burn). [R.] --Milton. \Perni"cious\, a. [L. perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from pernecare to kill or slay outright; per + necare to kill, slay: cf. F. pernicieux. Cf. {Nuisance}, {Necromancy}.] Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar. --Shak. Pernicious to his health. --Prescott. Syn: Destructive; ruinous; deadly; noxious; injurious; baneful; deleterious; hurtful; mischievous. -- {Perni"ciously}, adv., -- {Perni"ciousness}, n.

Pernicious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pernicious?

[adj] working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
[adj] exceedingly harmful

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Pernicious In Webster's Dictionary

\Per*ni"cious\, a. [L. pernix, -icis.]
Quick; swift (to burn). [R.] --Milton.


\Per*ni"cious\, a. [L. perniciosus, from pernicies
destruction, from pernecare to kill or slay outright; per +
necare to kill, slay: cf. F. pernicieux. Cf. {Nuisance},
{Necromancy}.]
Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very
mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.

      Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the
      calendar.                                --Shak.

      Pernicious to his health.                --Prescott.

Syn: Destructive; ruinous; deadly; noxious; injurious;
     baneful; deleterious; hurtful; mischievous. --
     {Per*ni"cious*ly}, adv., -- {Per*ni"cious*ness}, n.

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