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pes•ti•len•tial

Pronunciation: (pes"tl-en'shul), [key]
—adj.
1. producing or tending to produce pestilence.
2. pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, esp. bubonic plague.
3. pernicious; harmful.
4. annoyingly troublesome.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

pestilent

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