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Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.

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  1. a. Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.
  2. adj. exceedingly harmful
  3. adj. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
  4. Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. "Corrupt and pestilent." Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!" Shak.
  5. Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. "Corrupt andpestilent." Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!" Shak.
  6. s. likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease