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     • : carrying or propagating infection : pestilential a pestiferous insect 2 : infected with a pestilential disease
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   What does pestiferous mean?

   • The carpet bagger when not fighting the pestiferous vermin in the Chickahominy swamps was pilfering. It is a region of stagnant waters, pestiferous exhalations, decrepit men, famished animals. Pestiferous definition: spreading or bearing disease, especially deadly epidemic disease; pestilential. See examples of PESTIFEROUS used in a sentence.

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   When was pestiferous first used?

   • The earliest known use of the adjective pestiferous is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for pestiferous is from 1458. pestiferous is a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin pestifer, ‑ous suffix.

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   What is the meaning of pest?

   • 1. a. Producing or breeding infectious disease. b. Infected with or contaminated by an epidemic disease. 2. Morally evil or deadly; pernicious. 3. Bothersome; annoying. [Middle English, from Latin pestiferus, variant of pestifer : pestis, pestilence; see pest + -fer, -fer .] pes·tif′er·ous·ness n.

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   What is the role of a pestiferous vector in the transmission of disease?

   • Amal El-Mohtar, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023 Disease relies on a variety of pestiferous vectors for the transmission of infective bacteria.

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   The meaning of PESTIFEROUS is dangerous to society : pernicious. How to use pestiferous in a sentence. dangerous to society : pernicious; carrying or propagating infection : pestilential; infected with a pestilential disease…

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   Humans determine if an insect is beneficial, benign or pestiferous. Even when an insect is classified as a pest, it can have, under different circumstances, a beneficial role. A fly in a...

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   It is a region of stagnant waters, pestiferous exhalations, decrepit men, famished animals. Pestiferous definition: spreading or bearing disease, especially deadly epidemic disease; pestilential. See examples of PESTIFEROUS used in a sentence.

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   The German cockroach is a highly pestiferous insect that produces asthma-inducing allergens, and is closely associated with areas of human habitation. As such, the German cockroach is transported through human activities, such as food and equipment dispersal.

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   3 days ago · 3 meanings: 1. informal troublesome; irritating 2. breeding, carrying, or spreading infectious disease 3. corrupting; pernicious.... Click for more definitions. TRANSLATOR

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   There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective pestiferous. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. pestiferous has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. medicine (mid 1500s) pathology (mid 1500s) animals (mid 1700s) See meaning & use.

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   a. Producing or breeding infectious disease. b. Infected with or contaminated by an epidemic disease. 2. Morally evil or deadly; pernicious. 3. Bothersome; annoying. [Middle English, from Latin pestiferus, variant of pestifer : pestis, pestilence; see pest + -fer, -fer .]