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- [pe-stif-er-uh s]
- /pɛˈstɪf ər əs/
- /pe.ˈstɪ.fə.rəs/
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- [pe-stif-er-uh s]
- /pɛˈstɪf ər əs/
Definitions of pestiferous word
- adjective pestiferous bringing or bearing disease. 1
- abbreviation PESTIFEROUS pestilential. 1
- adjective pestiferous pernicious; evil. 1
- adjective pestiferous Informal. mischievous; troublesome or annoying. 1
- adjective pestiferous troublesome; irritating 0
- adjective pestiferous breeding, carrying, or spreading infectious disease 0
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Origin of pestiferous
First appearance:
before 1425 One of the 25% oldest English words
1425-75; late Middle English < Latin pestiferus plague-bringing, equivalent to pesti- (stem of pestis) pest + -ferus -ferous
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Parts of speech for Pestiferous
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pestiferous popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
pestiferous usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pestiferous
adj pestiferous
- big mouth — If you say that someone is a big mouth or that they have a big mouth, you mean that they tell other people things that should have been kept secret.
- carcinogenic — A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
- catching — If an illness or a disease is catching, it is easily passed on or given to someone else.
- contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
- corrupting — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
adjective pestiferous
- annihilative — Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
- discommodious — Not commodious; uncomfortable.
- dislikable — Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.
- epizootic — Of, relating to, or denoting a disease that is temporarily prevalent and widespread in an animal population.
- eradicative — Tending or serving to eradicate; curing or destroying thoroughly, as a disease or any evil.
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