About The Word Pestilent
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Pestilent
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Pestilent: See Also | 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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