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pernicious

adj
/pəˈnɪʃəs/UK/pɚˈnɪʃəs/US

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French pernicios, from Latin perniciōsus (“destructive”), from perniciēs (“destruction”), from per (“through”) + nex (“slaughter, death”).

  1. derived from perniciōsus
  2. derived from pernicios

Definitions

  1. Causing much harm in a subtle way.

    • pernicious influence
    • pernicious effects
    • They warned of the pernicious effects of misinformation.

  2. Causing death or injury

    Causing death or injury; deadly.

  3. Insidiously villainous

    Insidiously villainous: intending to cause harm, especially in a subtle way.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. swift

      swift; celeritous.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pernicious. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA