PERNICIOUS


Meaning of PERNICIOUS in English

adj. destructive; ruinous; fatal.

Phrases and idioms:

pernicious anaemia see ANAEMIA.

Derivatives:

perniciously adv. perniciousness n.

Etymology: L perniciosus f. pernicies ruin f. nex necis death

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.