Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - pernicious
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Pernicious
pernicious
adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from per- + nec-, nex violent death — more at noxious Date: 15th century 1. highly injurious or destructive ; deadly 2. archaic wicked • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, baneful, noxious, deleterious, detrimental mean exceedingly harmful. ~ implies irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corrupting or undermining the claim that pornography has a ~ effect on society. baneful implies injury through poisoning or destroying the baneful notion that discipline destroys creativity. noxious applies to what is both offensive and injurious to the health of a body or mind noxious chemical fumes. deleterious applies to what has an often unsuspected harmful effect a diet found to have deleterious effects. detrimental implies obvious harmfulness to something specified the detrimental effects of excessive drinking.
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adj. destructive; ruinous; fatal. Phrases and idioms pernicious anaemia see ANAEMIA. Derivatives perniciously adv. perniciousness n. Etymology: L perniciosus f. pernicies ruin f. nex necis death ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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3.
1. пагубный, вредный pernicious principles —- пагубные принципы, вредные идеи pernicious habits —- вредные привычки 2. редк. быстрый, проворный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
habits вредные привычки; PERNICIOUS adj. пагубный, вредный; - pernicious habits - pernicious anaemia PERNICIOUS anaemia злокачественная анемия ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
If you describe something as pernicious, you mean that it is very harmful. (FORMAL) I did what I could, but her mother’s influence was pernicious... ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj formal very harmful or evil, often in a way that you do not notice easily (the pernicious effect of horror videos on children | a pernicious lie) - perniciously adv - perniciousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from M.Fr. pernicios, from L. perniciosus "destructive," from pernicies "destruction," from per- "completely" + necare "to kill." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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