单词 | pestilent |
释义 | pestilent[ pes-tl-uhnt ] / ˈpɛs tl ənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pestilent ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveproducing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential. destructive to life; deadly; poisonous. injurious to peace, morals, etc.; pernicious. troublesome, annoying, or mischievous. Origin of pestilent1350–1400; Middle English <Latin pestilent- (stem of pestilēns) unhealthy, noxious, alteration of pestilentus, equivalent to pesti- (stem of pestis) pest + -lentus-lent OTHER WORDS FROM pestilentWords nearby pestilentpesthole, pesthouse, pesticide, pestiferous, pestilence, pestilent, pestilential, pestle, pesto, pesty, pes varus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pestilentBritish Dictionary definitions for pestilentpestilent / (ˈpɛstɪlənt) / adjectiveannoying; irritating highly destructive morally or physically; pernicious infected with or likely to cause epidemic or infectious disease Derived forms of pestilentpestilently, adverbWord Origin for pestilentC15: from Latin pestilens unwholesome, from pestis plague Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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