(n) a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of, Syn.canker, Example: racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation; according to him, I was the canker in their midst
(adj) likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift, Syn.pestiferous, plaguey, pestilential, Example: a pestilential malignancy in the air; plaguey fevers
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ F. pestilence, L. pestilentia. See Pestilent. ] 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. [ 1913 Webster ]
The pestilence that walketh in darkness. Ps. xci. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers. [ 1913 Webster ]
I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot (Petasites vulgaris), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis pest: cf. F. pestilent. ] Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. “Corrupt and pestilent.” Milton. “What a pestilent knave is this same!” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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