PESTILENTIAL
\pˌɛstɪlˈɛnʃə͡l], \pˌɛstɪlˈɛnʃəl], \p_ˌɛ_s_t_ɪ_l_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_əl]\
Definitions of PESTILENTIAL
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguelike diseases"; "plaguey fevers"
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likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
By Princeton University
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By Noah Webster.
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Pertaining to, or causing, a contagious disease, wicked; destructive.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Of the nature of pestilence: producing pestilence: destructive.
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PESTILENTIALLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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