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pestiferous

pes·tif·er·ous

pestiferous

 
pronunciation:
pe stI f rs
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part of speech: adjective
definition 1: bringing, bearing, or breeding infectious disease; pestilential.
definition 2: dangerous to morality; pernicious.
similar words:
noxious
derivations: pestiferously (adv.), pestiferousness (n.)
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