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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pes•ti•lent /ˈpɛstələnt/USA pronunciation adj. - Pathologyof or relating to pestilence.
- Pathologydestructive to life;
deadly.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pes•ti•lent (pes′tl ənt),USA pronunciation adj. - Pathologyproducing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease;
pestilential. - Pathologydestructive to life;
deadly;
poisonous. - injurious to peace, morals, etc.;
pernicious. - troublesome, annoying, or mischievous.
- Latin pestilent- (stem of pestilēns) unhealthy, noxious, alteration of pestilentus, equivalent. to pesti- (stem of pestis) pest + -lentus -lent
- Middle English 1350–1400
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