| 单词 | pestiferousness |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeˈstiferousness peˈstiferousness n. the state or quality of being pestiferous. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > plague or pestilence > [noun] > pestiferousness pestiferousnessc1593 c1593 Thomas of Woodstock (2002) III. 127 I will do my best to reform the pestiferousness of the time. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Pestiferousness, Plague-bringing Quality, Destructiveness, Deadliness. 1875 J. Miller Metaphysics vii. 351 I am conscious of sin. I am conscious of its filth and shame. I am conscious of its pestiferousness as an evil. 2002 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 23 Apr. b1 Naturally, we all want our schools to be free of pestiferousness. Ants should be in their terrariums, rats in their little mazes. < as lemmas |
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