(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:56:38

Pes"ti*lent (?), a. [L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis pest: cf. F. pestilent.]

Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous.

"Corrupt and pestilent." Milton. "What a pestilent knave is this same!"

Shak.

 

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