pestilentious
/ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃəs/adjective
Carrying, producing, or tending to produce pestilence; of the nature of or relating to pestilence; destructive to life or health; deadly. Now rare.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Prose Life Alexander. From Middle French pestilencieux, pestillencieux, pestilentieux (French pestilentieux) corrupting, pernicious, contagious, of or relating to pestilence, catastrophic and its etymon post-classical Latin pestilentiosus destructive to life or health (3rd cent.), pernicious, evil (Vetus Latina) from classical Latin pestilentia + -ōsus. Compare Spanish pestilencioso, Italian pestilenzioso.
- Passion cross
- passion day
- passion dock
- passioned
- passion flower
- passion fruit
- passioning
- Passionist
- passion-killer
- passionless
- passionlessly
- passionlessness
- Passion music
- passionometer
- Passion oratorio
- passion pit
- Passion play
- Passion Sunday
- Passiontide
- passion vine
- passion wagon
- Passion Week
- passival
- passivate
- passivation