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English Dictionary: perniciousness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perniciousness
n
  1. grave harmfulness or deadliness [syn: perniciousness, toxicity]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pernicious \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.
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