Pernicious word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "pernicious" word

[adjective] working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
[adjective] exceedingly harmful

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\Per*ni"cious\, a. [L. pernix, -icis.] Quick; swift (to burn). [R.] --Milton.
\Per*ni"cious\, 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. 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.

Synonyms for pernicious

baneful, deadly, harmful, insidious, noxious, pestilent, subtle

Related terms: baleful, baneful, brutal, corroding, corrosive, corrupting, corruptive, counterproductive, damaging, deadly, death-bringing, deathful, deathly, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, devastating, disadvantageous, disserviceable, distressing, fatal, feral, harmful, hurtful, injurious, internecine, killing, lethal, malefic, maleficent, malevolent, malign, malignant, miasmatic, miasmic, mischievous, mortal, noisome, noxious, ominous, pestiferous, pestilent, pestilential, poisonous, prejudicial, ruinous, savage, scatheful, sinister, swart, toxic, venenate, veneniferous, venenous, venomous, vicious, virulent

The fun area, different aproach to word »pernicious«

Let's analyse "pernicious" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Three syllables and Five vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: SUOICINREP. Average typing speed for these characters is 2680 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .--. . .-. -. .. -.-. .. --- ..- ...

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: pernicious: 5 + 9 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 32, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: pernicious: 7 + 5 + 9 + 5 + 9 + 3 + 9 + 6 + 3 + 1 = 57, reduced: 3, and the final result is Three.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (1)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
P (1)	16	Tower	Craftsman, Laborer, Builder
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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