Pestiferous in British English
ADJECTIVE informaltroublesome; irritating2. breeding, carrying, or spreading infectious disease3. corrupting; pernicious pestiferously (pesˈtiferously) ADVERBpestiferousness (pesˈtiferousness) Latin pestifer, from pestis contagious disease, pest + ferre to bring
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