Definition of Pernicious

Per`ni´cious
a.1.Quick; swift (to burn).
1.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.


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