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pestiferous
[pe-stif-er-uhs]
adjective
spreading or bearing disease, especially deadly epidemic disease; pestilential.
pestiferous rats.
pernicious; evil.
The wicked duke's pestiferous rule blighted the countryside.
Informal.mischievous; troublesome or annoying.
Those pestiferous boys won't leave my apple tree alone.
pestiferous
/ ɛˈɪəə /
adjective
informaltroublesome; irritating
breeding, carrying, or spreading infectious disease
corrupting; pernicious
Other Word Forms
- pestiferously adverb
- pestiferousness noun
- ˈپڱdzܲ adverb
- ˈپڱdzܲԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of pestiferous1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pestiferous1
Example Sentences
Some experts believe other bugs and animals — including those considered pestiferous, like rats — are thriving from secondary impacts of all that H20, like increased vegetation.
William of Newburgh, a medieval English historian, recorded one account of a town devastated by such a monster, who was accused of filling “every house with disease and death by its pestiferous breath.”
When seedlings popped, I put collars around them to protect against pestiferous birds.
The program currently envisions three types of pestiferous insects as allies: aphids, leafhoppers and whiteflies.
The program envisions three types of pestiferous insects as allies: aphids, leafhoppers and whiteflies.
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