pestiferous
pestiferous · more pestiferous · most pestiferous
заразный, надоедливый
Containing organisms that cause contagious diseasesContaining organisms that cause contagious diseases.
US/ˌpɛsˈtɪfəɹəs/
Meaning
2 sensesContaining organisms that cause contagious diseases.
заразныйzaraznyj
Annoying, vexatious.
надое́дливыйnadojédlivyj
More definitions
- contaminated with infecting organisms
- tending to corrupt or pervert
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
- causing irritation or annoyance
Translations
4 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
containing organisms that cause contagious diseases:
annoying, vexatious:
Origin
Mid 15th century, in sense “mischievous, pernicious”, from Latin pestifer (“bearing plagueMid 15th century, in sense “mischievous, pernicious”, from Latin pestifer (“bearing plague”), from pestis (“plague”) + -fer (“carrying”).
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Forms
more pestiferous, most pestiferous| Comparative | more pestiferous Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most pestiferous Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
17 synonymsharboring disease, annoying:pestilent
Close in meaning
- contaminated with infecting organisms:dirty
- tending to corrupt or pervert:corruptiveperversive
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease:pestilentpestilentialplaguey
- causing irritation or annoyance:annoyingbothersomegallingirritatingnettlesomepeskypesteringplaguy
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form