n. [ See 2d Pernicious. ] Destruction; perdition. [ Obs. ] hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. pernix, -icis. ] Quick; swift (to burn). [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from pernecare to kill or slay outright; per + necare to kill, slay: cf. F. pernicieux. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy. ] Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let this pernicious hour
Stand aye accursed in the calendar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pernicious to his health. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ L. pernix, -icis. ] Quick; swift (to burn). [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from pernecare to kill or slay outright; per + necare to kill, slay: cf. F. pernicieux. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy. ] Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let this pernicious hour
Stand aye accursed in the calendar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pernicious to his health. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
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