Pestiferous Definition
pĕ-stĭfər-əs
adjective
Bringing or carrying disease.
Webster's New World
Infected with an epidemic disease.
Webster's New World
Dangerous to morals or to the welfare of society; noxious; evil.
Webster's New World
Annoying; mischievous; bothersome.
Webster's New World
Origin of Pestiferous
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Mid 15th century, in sense “mischievous, pernicious", from Latin pestiferus (“bearing plague"), from pestifer, from pestis (“plague") + ferre (“carry") (see infer).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Latin pestiferus variant of pestifer pestis pestilence pest -fer -fer
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Surface analysis is pest +"Ž -iferous (“bearing, carrying").
From Wiktionary
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