Definition of PESTILENT

pestilent

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • exceedingly harmful
  • likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; - Jonathan Swift
    • "a pestilential malignancy in the air"

Adj

  • Highly injurious or destructive to life: deadly.
  • Annoying.
  • Harmful to morals or public order.

Origin / Etymology

Middle English, from Latin pestilens, from Latin pestis.

Scrabble Score: 11

pestilent is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pestilent is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pestilent is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

pestilent is a valid Words With Friends word