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Pestilent

Pestilent Meaning & Definition
Pestilent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pestilent?

[adj] likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguelike diseases"; "plaguey fevers"
[adj] exceedingly harmful

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pestilent: baneful | deadly | epidemic | harmful | noxious | pernicious | pestilential | plaguelike | plaguey

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Pestilent In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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