Pestilential Definition & Meaning
pestilential
- adjective
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
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- What does pestilential mean?
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers"
- What part of speech is pestilential?
- Pestilential is an adjective.