maliferousadj.

Brit.

/məˈlɪfərəs/, U.S.

/məˈlɪfərəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mal- , -iferous comb. form.

Etymology: < classical Latin mal- (probably representing malum : see mal- prefix) + -iferous comb. form. The 19th-cent. examples were perhaps used in place of pestiferous adj. to avoid the connotations of facetiousness which several words in pest- were coming to acquire.

Now rare.

Bringing or producing evil; unwholesome, insalubrious.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [adjective]

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insalutary1694

maliferous1727

insanous1742

unsalubrious1781

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devitalizing1875

antihygienic1876

unhygienic1883

unhealthy-looking1890

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Maliferous.

1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 72 That gallant, fine-hearted soldier who..fell a victim to the maliferous climate of China.

1890 A. F. Baillie Kurrachee vii. 116 He is gazetted to another appointment..in some other District, where the climate is maliferous, and life is a misery.

1894 Ten Yrs.' Work Outcast London (Lond. Congreg. Union) 44 Poor children..being fortified against the maliferous influences in the midst of which they have to live.

1998 Another Metro Moment #23 in misc.transport.urban-transit (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Oct. Maliferous vapors rose from his body. He smelled like a cross between a rancid brewery and a restaurant dumpster.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maliferous
释义	maliferousadj. Brit. /məˈlɪfərəs/, U.S. /məˈlɪfərəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mal- , -iferous comb. form. Etymology: < classical Latin mal- (probably representing malum : see mal- prefix) + -iferous comb. form. The 19th-cent. examples were perhaps used in place of pestiferous adj. to avoid the connotations of facetiousness which several words in pest- were coming to acquire. Now rare. Bringing or producing evil; unwholesome, insalubrious. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [adjective] evilc1000 unsete1387 pestilenta1398 pestilentiala1398 unhealfulc1400 unthendec1425 unsetyc1440 unwholesomec1455 ill1488 pestifere1490 contagious1495 infectious1534 pestiferous1538 unhealthsome1544 unkindlyc1570 deletery1576 deleterious1587 bad1589 unhealthful1598 unsound1598 unhealthy1600 sickly1604 deleterial1621 tetrous1637 insalubrious1638 unseasoned1638 cankered1645 healthless1650 insalutary1694 maliferous1727 insanous1742 unsalubrious1781 unsanitary1872 insanitary1874 devitalizing1875 antihygienic1876 unhygienic1883 unhealthy-looking1890 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Maliferous. 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 I. 72 That gallant, fine-hearted soldier who..fell a victim to the maliferous climate of China. 1890 A. F. Baillie Kurrachee vii. 116 He is gazetted to another appointment..in some other District, where the climate is maliferous, and life is a misery. 1894 Ten Yrs.' Work Outcast London (Lond. Congreg. Union) 44 Poor children..being fortified against the maliferous influences in the midst of which they have to live. 1998 Another Metro Moment #23 in misc.transport.urban-transit (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Oct. Maliferous vapors rose from his body. He smelled like a cross between a rancid brewery and a restaurant dumpster. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1727
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