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   Per·ni·cious

   /pərˈniSHəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way: "the pernicious influences of the mass media"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin perniciosus ‘destructive’, from pernicies ‘ruin’, based on nex, nec- ‘death’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. perniciously adverb
   • 2. perniciousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 14

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