pestilent

pestilent
adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pestilent-, pestilens pestilential, from pestis Date: 14th century 1. destructive of life ; deadly 2. injuring or endangering society ; pernicious 3. causing displeasure or annoyance 4. infectious, contagious <
a pestilent disease
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pestilently adverb

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  • pestilent — PESTILÉNT, Ă, pestilenţi, te, adj. (Rar) Care ţine de pestă, privitor la pestă; provocat de pestă; care are caracteristicile pestei; p. ext. contagios, pestilenţial (1). – Din fr. pestilent. Trimis de oprocopiuc, 13.03.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 … …   Dicționar Român

  • pestilent — pestilent, ente (pè sti lan, lan t ) adj. 1°   Qui tient de la peste. Une fièvre pestilente. 2°   Qui donne la peste. •   Il [Satan] ressemble à une vapeur pestilente qui se coule au milieu de l air par une contagion insensible et imperceptible à …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • pestilent — ⇒PESTILENT, ENTE, adj. Synon. rare de pestilentiel. A. Vx ou littér. 1. Qui a les caractères de la peste (v. ce mot A 2 a) ou d une autre maladie épidémique à mortalité élevée. J ai guéri la fièvre pestilente, la podagre, l hydropisie (ARNOUX,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pestilent — 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pestilent — Pestilent, [pestil]ente. adj. Qui tient de la peste. Un air pestilent. Il se dit aussi pour signifier simplement, infect. Une haleine pestilente. un souffle pestilent …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • pestilent — [pes′tə lənt] adj. [ME < L pestilens < pestis, plague] 1. likely to cause death; deadly 2. Rare contagious; pestilential 3. dangerous to the security and welfare of society; pernicious [the pestilent threat of war] 4. annoying; troublesome… …   English World dictionary

  • pestilent — I adjective baleful, baneful, contagious, damaging, dangerous, deadly, death dealing, deathly, deleterious, destructive, disastrous, disease ridden, diseased, epidemic, evil, fatal, feral, foul, harmful, hurtful, infectious, injurious,… …   Law dictionary

  • pestilenţ — pestilénţ s.m. (înv.) plantă erbacee, cu flori albe gălbui dispuse în mici capitule; cucuruz. Trimis de blaurb, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DAR …   Dicționar Român

  • pestilent — mid 15c. (adj.), 1560s (n.), from L. pestilens, from pestilis “of the nature of a plague,” from pestis deadly contagious disease …   Etymology dictionary

  • pestilent — pestilent, pestilential *poisonous, venomous, virulent, toxic, mephitic, miasmic, miasmatic, miasmal Analogous words: *infectious, contagious, catching: noxious, *pernicious, baneful, deleterious …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pestilent — / pestilential [adj] dangerous, harmful baneful, contagious, contaminating, corrupting, deadly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, diseased, evil, fatal, infectious, injurious, lethal, mortal, noxious, pernicious, pestiferous, ruinous,… …   New thesaurus

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