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单词 pestilential
释义 pes·ti·len·tial
\|pestə|lenchəl\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English pestilencial, from Medieval Latin pestilentialis, from Latin pestilentia pestilence + -alis -al
1.
 a. : causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
  < a pestilential malignancy in the air — Jonathan Swift >
 b. : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a pestilence
  < pestilential diseases >
2. : morally harmful or injurious : pernicious
 < blow up the blind rage of the populace with a continued blast of pestilential libels — Edmund Burke >
3. : giving rise to vexation or annoyance : irritating
 < the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs — W.S.Gilbert >
pes·ti·len·tial·ly \-chəlē, -li\ adverb
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