pestilentiousadj.

Brit.

/ˌpɛstᵻˈlɛnʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌpɛstəˈlɛn(t)ʃəs/

Forms: late Middle English pestellencius, 1600s– pestilentious; Scottish pre-1700 pestilencious, pre-1700 pestilencius, pre-1700 pestilentius.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pestilencieux; Latin pestilentiosus.

Etymology: < Middle French pestilencieux, pestillencieux, pestilentieux (French pestilentieux ) corrupting, pernicious (1376), contagious (beginning of the 15th cent. or earlier), of or relating to pestilence (early 15th cent. or earlier), catastrophic (second half of the 15th cent. or earlier) and its etymon post-classical Latin pestilentiosus destructive to life or health (3rd cent.), pernicious, evil (Vetus Latina) < classical Latin pestilentia pestilence n. + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Spanish pestilencioso (1490), Italian pestilenzioso (a1308 or earlier). Compare earlier pestilent adj., pestilential adj., and also pestiferous adj.

1. Carrying, producing, or tending to produce pestilence; of the nature of or relating to pestilence; destructive to life or health; deadly. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > plague or pestilence > [adjective]

pestilentialc1425

pestilentiousc1440

plaguey1574

plagueful1594

pestful1608

c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 91 (MED) And þan he saw this pestellencius beste, þe Basilisc, lygg slepande in myddes of þe passage.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. iii. iii. 249 Þe ȝere [was] richt pestilentius baith to burgh & land, to na less mortalite of man þan beist.

1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. i. sig. B1^v The disease..was a pestilentious byle.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 256 This contagious and pestilentious Lake [sc. the Dead Sea].

1694 London Gaz. No. 2948/2 The Pestilentious Distemper which had for a long while reigned in that Island.

1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry i. iv The owner of a pestilentious, though very fertile and fat land.

1857 R. Rapler Hermit of Aleova ii. 70 I did not wish to..cause you to linger in the pestilentious atmosphere that surrounded Oleva.

1996 C. Hoehler-Fatton Women of Fire & Spirit 215 The site..was chosen in hopes that its climate would prove healthier for European missionaries than the ‘pestilentious’ port of Kisumu.

2. Morally or socially harmful; pernicious; abhorrent. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective]

litherc893

scathefulc900

balefulOE

orneOE

teenfulOE

evilc1175

venomousc1290

scathela1300

prejudiciala1325

fell?c1335

harmfula1340

grievous1340

ill1340

wicked1340

noisomea1382

venomed1382

noyfulc1384

damageousc1386

mischievousc1390

unwholesomea1400

undisposingc1400

damnablec1420

prejudiciable1429

contagiousc1440

damagefulc1449

pestiferous1458

damageable1474

pestilent?a1475

nuisable1483

nocible1490

nuisible1490

nuisant1494

noxiousa1500

nocent?c1500

pestilential1531

tortious1532

pestilentious1533

nocive1538

offensivea1548

vitiating1547

dangerous1548

offending1552

dispendious1557

injurious1559

offensible1575

offensant1578

baneful1579

incommodious1579

prejudicious1579

prejudical1595

inimicous1598

damnifiable1604

taking1608

obnoxious1612

nocivousc1616

mischieving1621

nocuous1627

nocumentous1644

disserviceable1645

inimical1645

detrimentous1648

injuring1651

detrimental1656

inimicitial1656

nocumental1657

incommodous1677

fatal1681

inimic1696

nociferous1706

damnific1727

inimicable1805

violational1821

insalutary1836

detrimentary1841

wronging1845

unsalvatory1850

damaging1856

damnous1870

wack1986

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > harmful or pernicious

baleOE

balefulc1175

venomousc1290

contagiousc1440

pestiferous1458

pestilent?a1475

perniciousc1475

pestilential1531

pestilentious1533

plaguey1574

deleterious1630

unedifying1641

perniciable1656

inedifying1659

unimproving1747

insalutary1836

unsalvatory1850

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) 101 Tarquinius Sixtus..cum armit on me this last nicht, and has reft fra me..all my joy and solace to his pestilencius plesoure.

1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 63 The pestilencious hereseis of Luther.

?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia iii. sig. ¶3^v Such a pestilentious influence poysoned the time of my natiuitie.

1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 87 Nothing..is given us of God..more pestilentious than a wicked King.

1751 H. Brooke Last Speech John Good 48 In the Days of Old there were Giants.., People of Magnitude,..of Prodigious Deeds, and of Pestilentious Atchievements.

1939 Times 18 Mar. 13/6 It is difficult to understand the toleration by authority of this pestilentious growth [sc. funfairs].

Derivatives

pestiˈlentiousness n.

ΘΚΠ

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

infirmity1481

unwholesomenessa1513

contagiousness1530

evilness1563

malignity1585

unhealthfulness1598

untemperaturea1604

unhealthsomeness1613

healthlessness1655

unsoundness1660

insalubrity1663

unhealthiness1666

unsalubrity1694

malignancy1732

pestilentiousness1748

mal-influence1792

insanitariness1881

insanitation1884

1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 25 The Pestilentiousness of the Disease.

2001 Financial Times (Nexis) 26 July (Arts section) 14 The children of Third Street Junior..win us over by the charm of their pre-teen pestilentiousness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pestilentious
释义	pestilentiousadj. Brit. /ˌpɛstᵻˈlɛnʃəs/, U.S. /ˌpɛstəˈlɛn(t)ʃəs/ Forms: late Middle English pestellencius, 1600s– pestilentious; Scottish pre-1700 pestilencious, pre-1700 pestilencius, pre-1700 pestilentius. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French pestilencieux; Latin pestilentiosus. Etymology: < Middle French pestilencieux, pestillencieux, pestilentieux (French pestilentieux ) corrupting, pernicious (1376), contagious (beginning of the 15th cent. or earlier), of or relating to pestilence (early 15th cent. or earlier), catastrophic (second half of the 15th cent. or earlier) and its etymon post-classical Latin pestilentiosus destructive to life or health (3rd cent.), pernicious, evil (Vetus Latina) < classical Latin pestilentia pestilence n. + -ōsus -ous suffix. Compare Spanish pestilencioso (1490), Italian pestilenzioso (a1308 or earlier). Compare earlier pestilent adj., pestilential adj., and also pestiferous adj. 1. Carrying, producing, or tending to produce pestilence; of the nature of or relating to pestilence; destructive to life or health; deadly. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > plague or pestilence > [adjective] pestilentialc1425 pestilentiousc1440 plaguey1574 plagueful1594 pestful1608 c1440 Prose Life Alexander (Thornton) (1913) 91 (MED) And þan he saw this pestellencius beste, þe Basilisc, lygg slepande in myddes of þe passage. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. iii. iii. 249 Þe ȝere [was] richt pestilentius baith to burgh & land, to na less mortalite of man þan beist. 1591 R. Bruce Serm. Edinb. i. sig. B1^v The disease..was a pestilentious byle. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. vi. 256 This contagious and pestilentious Lake [sc. the Dead Sea]. 1694 London Gaz. No. 2948/2 The Pestilentious Distemper which had for a long while reigned in that Island. 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry i. iv The owner of a pestilentious, though very fertile and fat land. 1857 R. Rapler Hermit of Aleova ii. 70 I did not wish to..cause you to linger in the pestilentious atmosphere that surrounded Oleva. 1996 C. Hoehler-Fatton Women of Fire & Spirit 215 The site..was chosen in hopes that its climate would prove healthier for European missionaries than the ‘pestilentious’ port of Kisumu. 2. Morally or socially harmful; pernicious; abhorrent. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective] litherc893 scathefulc900 balefulOE orneOE teenfulOE evilc1175 venomousc1290 scathela1300 prejudiciala1325 fell?c1335 harmfula1340 grievous1340 ill1340 wicked1340 noisomea1382 venomed1382 noyfulc1384 damageousc1386 mischievousc1390 unwholesomea1400 undisposingc1400 damnablec1420 prejudiciable1429 contagiousc1440 damagefulc1449 pestiferous1458 damageable1474 pestilent?a1475 nuisable1483 nocible1490 nuisible1490 nuisant1494 noxiousa1500 nocent?c1500 pestilential1531 tortious1532 pestilentious1533 nocive1538 offensivea1548 vitiating1547 dangerous1548 offending1552 dispendious1557 injurious1559 offensible1575 offensant1578 baneful1579 incommodious1579 prejudicious1579 prejudical1595 inimicous1598 damnifiable1604 taking1608 obnoxious1612 nocivousc1616 mischieving1621 nocuous1627 nocumentous1644 disserviceable1645 inimical1645 detrimentous1648 injuring1651 detrimental1656 inimicitial1656 nocumental1657 incommodous1677 fatal1681 inimic1696 nociferous1706 damnific1727 inimicable1805 violational1821 insalutary1836 detrimentary1841 wronging1845 unsalvatory1850 damaging1856 damnous1870 wack1986 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > harmful or pernicious baleOE balefulc1175 venomousc1290 contagiousc1440 pestiferous1458 pestilent?a1475 perniciousc1475 pestilential1531 pestilentious1533 plaguey1574 deleterious1630 unedifying1641 perniciable1656 inedifying1659 unimproving1747 insalutary1836 unsalvatory1850 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) 101 Tarquinius Sixtus..cum armit on me this last nicht, and has reft fra me..all my joy and solace to his pestilencius plesoure. 1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 63 The pestilencious hereseis of Luther. ?1617 W. Alexander Suppl. Sidney's Arcadia iii. sig. ¶3^v Such a pestilentious influence poysoned the time of my natiuitie. 1680 ‘Philalethes’ tr. G. Buchanan De Jure Regni apud Scotos 87 Nothing..is given us of God..more pestilentious than a wicked King. 1751 H. Brooke Last Speech John Good 48 In the Days of Old there were Giants.., People of Magnitude,..of Prodigious Deeds, and of Pestilentious Atchievements. 1939 Times 18 Mar. 13/6 It is difficult to understand the toleration by authority of this pestilentious growth [sc. funfairs]. Derivatives pestiˈlentiousness n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [noun] infirmity1481 unwholesomenessa1513 contagiousness1530 evilness1563 malignity1585 unhealthfulness1598 untemperaturea1604 unhealthsomeness1613 healthlessness1655 unsoundness1660 insalubrity1663 unhealthiness1666 unsalubrity1694 malignancy1732 pestilentiousness1748 mal-influence1792 insanitariness1881 insanitation1884 1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 25 The Pestilentiousness of the Disease. 2001 Financial Times (Nexis) 26 July (Arts section) 14 The children of Third Street Junior..win us over by the charm of their pre-teen pestilentiousness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1440
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