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† pernicion Obs.|pəˈnɪʃən|
Also 6 -tioune, 7 -tion.
[ad. late and med.L. perniciōn-em destruction (3rd c. in Gargilius) = cl. L. perniciēs.]
Total destruction; perdition; ruin.
c1530L. Cox Rhet. (1899) 56 Sore punysshement and pernicion to mysdoers. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. iii. 192 A cruel battel strukne..almaist to the pernitioune of baith the armies. 1663Butler Hud. i. ii. 935 But Ralpho..Looking about, beheld Pernicion Approaching Knight from fell Musician. 1691Andros. Tracts II. 257. 1736 H. Brooke Univ. Beauty iii. 348 Ye pitied, envied wretched great, Who veil pernicion with the mask of state. |