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pestiferous
[ pe-stif-er-uhs ]
adjective
- spreading or bearing disease, especially deadly epidemic disease; pestilential:
pestiferous rats.
- pernicious; evil:
The wicked duke's pestiferous rule blighted the countryside.
- Informal. mischievous; troublesome or annoying:
Those pestiferous boys won't leave my apple tree alone.
pestiferous
/ ɛˈɪəə /
adjective
- informal.troublesome; irritating
- breeding, carrying, or spreading infectious disease
- corrupting; pernicious
Derived Forms
- ˈپڱdzܲ, adverb
- ˈپڱdzܲԱ, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·پİ·dzܲ· adverb
- ·پİ·dzܲ·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pestiferous1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of pestiferous1
Example Sentences
Some experts believe other bugs and animals — including those considered pestiferous, like rats — are thriving from secondary impacts of all that H20, like increased vegetation.
William of Newburgh, a medieval English historian, recorded one account of a town devastated by such a monster, who was accused of filling “every house with disease and death by its pestiferous breath.”
When seedlings popped, I put collars around them to protect against pestiferous birds.
The program currently envisions three types of pestiferous insects as allies: aphids, leafhoppers and whiteflies.
The program envisions three types of pestiferous insects as allies: aphids, leafhoppers and whiteflies.
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