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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pernicious  \Per*ni"cious\,  a.  [L.  pernix,  -icis.] 
  Quick;  swift  (to  burn).  [R.]  --Milton. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pernicious  \Per*ni"cious\,  a.  [L.  perniciosus,  from  pernicies 
  destruction,  from  pernecare  to  kill  or  slay  outright;  per  + 
  necare  to  kill,  slay:  cf  F.  pernicieux  Cf  {Nuisance}, 
  {Necromancy}.] 
  Having  the  quality  of  injuring  or  killing;  destructive;  very 
  mischievous;  baleful;  malicious;  wicked. 
 
  Let  this  pernicious  hour  Stand  aye  accursed  in  the 
  calendar.  --Shak. 
 
  Pernicious  to  his  health.  --Prescott. 
 
  Syn:  Destructive;  ruinous;  deadly;  noxious;  injurious; 
  baneful;  deleterious;  hurtful;  mischievous.  -- 
  {Per*ni"cious*ly},  adv.,  --  {Per*ni"cious*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pernicious 
  adj  1:  exceedingly  harmful  [syn:  {baneful},  {deadly},  {pestilent}] 
  2:  working  or  spreading  in  a  hidden  and  usually  injurious  way 
  "a  subtle  poison"  [syn:  {insidious},  {subtle}]




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