Category:Pernicious

Per*ni"cious, a. Etym: [l. pernix, -icis.]

Defn: quick; swift (to burn). [r.] Milton.

Pernicious Per*ni"cious, a. Etym: [l. perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, From pernecare to kill or slay outright; per + necare to kill, slay: Cf. F. pernicieux. Cf. Nuisance, necromancy.]

Defn: having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very Mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. Let this pernicious hour stand aye accursed in the calendar. Shak. Pernicious to his health. Prescott.

Syn. -- destructive; ruinous; deadly; noxious; injurious; baneful; Deleterious; hurtful; mischievous. -- per*ni"cious*ly, adv., -- per*ni"cious*ness, n.