PERNICIOUS
insidious, pernicious, subtle
(adjective) working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; “glaucoma is an insidious disease”; “a subtle poison”
baneful, deadly, pernicious, pestilent
(adjective) exceedingly harmful
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pernicious (comparative more pernicious, superlative most pernicious)
Causing much harm in a subtle way.
Causing death or injury; deadly.
Synonym: attery
Anagrams
• superionic
Source: Wiktionary
Per*ni"cious, a. Etym: [L. pernix, -icis.]
Definition: Quick; swift (to burn). [R.] Milton.
Per*ni"cious, a. Etym: [L. perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from pernecare to kill or slay outright; per + necare to kill, slay: cf. F. pernicieux. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.]
Definition: Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar. Shak. Pernicious to his health. Prescott.
Syn.
– Destructive; ruinous; deadly; noxious; injurious; baneful; deleterious; hurtful; mischievous.
– Per*ni"cious*ly, adv., -- Per*ni"cious*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
13 November 2024
OSTENSIBLE
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
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