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pestífero
containing organisms that cause contagious diseases
In these solemn moments man discovers the germ of those vices, which like the Java tree shed a pestiferous vapour around--death is in the shade!
because he hath vouchsafed to preserue our nation from such fountains, from serpents and venemous wormes, & from al other pestiferous & contagious creatures.
pernicioso • pesado • pestífero
annoying, vexatious
No, prelate; such is thy audacious wickedness, / Thy lewd, pestiferous, and dissentious pranks, / As very infants prattle of thy pride.
and if any could have hanged his hindering and pestiferous council and set him free, he would have answered Joan's prayer and set her in the field.
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