Pestiferous
Pronunciation : Pes*tif"er*ous
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. pestiferus, pestifer; pestis pest + ferre to bear: cf. F. pestif?re.]
Definition : 1. Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. "Poor, pestiferous creatures begging alms." Evelyn. "Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations." Burke.
2. Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue. Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913