pestilent

pes·ti·lent

P0217200 (pĕs′tə-lənt)adj.1. a. Causing or likely to cause epidemic disease: a pestilent swamp.b. Infectious or epidemic: a pestilent disease.c. Archaic Tending to cause death; deadly.2. Morally or socially harmful; pernicious: pestilent writings.3. Causing annoyance or disapproval: a pestilent fool.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pestilēns, pestilent-, from pestis, pestilence; see pest.]

pestilent

(ˈpɛstɪlənt) adj1. annoying; irritating2. highly destructive morally or physically; pernicious3. (Pathology) infected with or likely to cause epidemic or infectious disease[C15: from Latin pestilens unwholesome, from pestis plague] ˈpestilently adv

pes•ti•lent

(ˈpɛs tl ənt)

adj. 1. producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential. 2. destructive to life; deadly. 3. injurious to peace, morals, etc.; pernicious. 4. troublesome or annoying. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin pestilent- (s. of pestilēns) unhealthy, noxious, alter. of pestilentus=pesti- (s. of pestis) plague, pest + -lentus -lent] pes′ti•lent•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	pestilent - exceedingly harmful baneful, pernicious, deadlynoxious - injurious to physical or mental health; "noxious chemical wastes"; "noxious ideas"
	2.	pestilent - likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"pestilential, plaguey, pestiferousepidemic - (especially of medicine) of disease or anything resembling a disease; attacking or affecting many individuals in a community or a population simultaneously; "an epidemic outbreak of influenza"

pestilent

adjectiveExtremely destructive or harmful:baneful, deadly, malignant, noxious, pernicious, pestilential, virulent.

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