Definitions for pestiferous

pestiferous pes·tif·er·ous

Spelling: [pe-stif-er-uh s]
IPA: /pɛˈstɪf ər əs/

Pestiferous is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 959 anagrams from letters in pestiferous (eefioprsstu).

Definitions for pestiferous

adjective

  1. bringing or bearing disease.
  2. pestilential.
  3. pernicious; evil.
  4. Informal. mischievous; troublesome or annoying.

Origin of pestiferous

1425-75; late Middle English Latin pestiferus plague-bringing, equivalent to pesti- (stem of pestis) pest + -ferus -ferous

Examples for pestiferous

"You pestiferous gnats insisted on grabbing the ball," he sneered.

He had hitched his wagon to a star and been landed in a pestiferous marsh.

Let me give you the answer to a few petty and pestiferous lures.

"You are a pestiferous son-in-law," said Warren, as Lyman entered the room.

Some species of this genus are pestiferous weeds all over the world.

Didnt we leave them outside, on the edge of this pestiferous region?

The very atmosphere in which ye live is pestiferous because of you.

The stairs that ascend to the garret are pestiferous and dingy.

But need one's love for things English include this pestiferous sparrow?

We need all the people we can get, but they are a pestiferous outfit.

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