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Definition of pestiferous in English: pestiferousadjective pɛˈstɪf(ə)rəspɛˈstɪfərəs literary 1Harbouring infection and disease. the pestiferous area around the prison Example sentencesExamples - Newly drafted in from Europe for the most part, they died like flies in the pestiferous climate.
- The doctor then went on to add with even further disgust, ‘the clinic has become as ubiquitous as the mosquito in a swamp and equally pestiferous.’
Synonyms highly infectious, highly infective, highly contagious, infectious, infective, contagious, rapidly spreading, communicable, transmittable, transmissible, spreading, malignant, uncontrollable, pernicious, pestilential - 1.1humorous Constituting a nuisance; very annoying.
that pestiferous nephew of yours Example sentencesExamples - I was a librarian but I was the world's worst reference librarian. It was always my pleasure to tell the student to look it up for himself and not to bother me with his pestiferous inquiries.
- 1 Happy the man who did not walk by the counsel of the impious, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit down in the seat of pestiferous people.
Synonyms annoying, irritating, exasperating, maddening, infuriating, irksome, vexatious, vexing, inconvenient, bothersome, tiresome, worrying, worrisome, disturbing, upsetting, distressing, perturbing, concerning, niggling, nagging
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'morally corrupting'): from Latin pestifer 'bringing pestilence' + -ous. Rhymes carboniferous, coniferous, cruciferous, melliferous, odoriferous, somniferous, splendiferous, umbelliferous, vociferous Definition of pestiferous in US English: pestiferousadjectivepɛˈstɪfərəspeˈstifərəs literary 1Harboring infection and disease. the pestiferous area around the prison Example sentencesExamples - Newly drafted in from Europe for the most part, they died like flies in the pestiferous climate.
- The doctor then went on to add with even further disgust, ‘the clinic has become as ubiquitous as the mosquito in a swamp and equally pestiferous.’
Synonyms highly infectious, highly infective, highly contagious, infectious, infective, contagious, rapidly spreading, communicable, transmittable, transmissible, spreading, malignant, uncontrollable, pernicious, pestilential - 1.1humorous Constituting a pest or nuisance; annoying.
that pestiferous nephew of yours Example sentencesExamples - 1 Happy the man who did not walk by the counsel of the impious, or stand in the way of sinners, or sit down in the seat of pestiferous people.
- I was a librarian but I was the world's worst reference librarian. It was always my pleasure to tell the student to look it up for himself and not to bother me with his pestiferous inquiries.
Synonyms annoying, irritating, exasperating, maddening, infuriating, irksome, vexatious, vexing, inconvenient, bothersome, tiresome, worrying, worrisome, disturbing, upsetting, distressing, perturbing, concerning, niggling, nagging
Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘morally corrupting’): from Latin pestifer ‘bringing pestilence’ + -ous. |