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单词 pestful
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pestfuladj.

Brit. /ˈpɛs(t)f(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˈpɛs(t)f(ə)l/
Forms: 1600s pestfull, 1700s– pestful.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pest n., -ful suffix.
Etymology: < pest n. + -ful suffix. Compare earlier pestifere adj., pestiferous adj., and also earlier pestilent adj., pestilential adj.
Now historical. rare.
Pestiferous, pestilential.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > plague or pestilence > [adjective]
pestilentialc1425
pestilentiousc1440
plaguey1574
plagueful1594
pestful1608
1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 92 The Lybians pest-full and vn blest-full shoar.
1794 S. T. Coleridge Destiny of Nations in Wks. (1912) I. 141 Long and pestful calms, With slimy shapes and miscreated life Poisoning the vast Pacific.
1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) vi. 85 As pestful seeds Mist-sown.
1890 Times 13 Feb. 10/1 We witnessed in that crowded, pestful village..enough of the miseries that the rear column had endured.
2000 M. Kneale Eng. Passengers (2001) iii. 81 Truly, you never did see such a clever and pestful trio as these.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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