pestiferous
English
/ˌpɛsˈtɪfəɹəs/
adj
Definitions
- containing organisms that cause contagious diseases
- annoying, vexatious
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pestiferus (bearing plague) affix from English pest (disease).
Origin
English
pest
Gloss
disease
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
症, 疾
Emoji
🦟 🪰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipest English
- empest English
- impest English
- nonpest English
- pest English
- pestful English
- pesthole English
- pesthouse English
- pesticidal English
- pesticide English
- pestiferously English
- pestiferousness English
- pestify English
- pesting English
- pestlike English
- pestology English
- pesty English
- pestiferus Latin
- peste Middle French