PESTIFEROUS


Meaning of PESTIFEROUS in English

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pestifer pestilential, noxious, from pestis + -fer -ferous Date: 15th century dangerous to society ; pernicious , 2. carrying or propagating infection ; pestilential , infected with a pestilential disease, troublesome , annoying , ~ly adverb ~ness noun

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