Pestiferously

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pes·tif·er·ous (p

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adj.

a. Producing or breeding infectious disease.

b. Infected with or contaminated by an epidemic disease.

2. Morally evil or deadly; pernicious.

3. Bothersome; annoying.

[Middle English, from Latin pestiferus, variant of pestifer : pestis, pestilence; see pest + -fer, -fer.]

pes·tifer·ous·ly adv.

pes·tifer·ous·ness n.

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