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pestilential
(pesti¦len|tial)
Pronunciation:
/ˌpɛstɪˈlɛnʃ(ə)l/
adjective
relating to or tending to cause infectious diseases:
pestilential fever
very widespread and troublesome:
a pestilential weed
informal
annoying:
what a pestilential man!
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