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perniciousness|pəˈnɪʃəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being pernicious; destructiveness, ruinousness.
1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 472 b, This notorious See..doth ouerwhelme the whole state of y⊇ world with vnrecoverable perniciousnes. 1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋115 The perniciousnesse of laxatives. 1712Berkeley Pass. Obed. §24 The absurdity and perniciousness of those notions. 1884Manch. Exam. 23 Sept. 5/1 To point out its perniciousness and the temptations to which it exposes its victims. |