"pernicious" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /pəˈnɪʃəs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɚˈnɪʃəs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-pernicious.ogg [US] Forms: more pernicious [comparative], most pernicious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃəs Etymology: From Middle English, from Old French pernicios, from Latin perniciōsus (“destructive”), from perniciēs (“destruction”), from per (“through”) + nex (“slaughter, death”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*per-|*neḱ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|pernicios}} Old French pernicios, {{der|en|la|perniciōsus||destructive}} Latin perniciōsus (“destructive”), {{m|la|perniciēs||destruction}} perniciēs (“destruction”), {{m|la|per||through}} per (“through”), {{m|la|nex||slaughter, death}} nex (“slaughter, death”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} pernicious (comparative more pernicious, superlative most pernicious)
  1. Causing much harm in a subtle way. Synonyms: deleterious, venom [obsolete] Translations (causing much harm): па́губен (páguben) (Bulgarian), 有害 (yǒuhài) (Chinese Mandarin), schadelijk (Dutch), destructief (Dutch), verderfelijk (Dutch), turmiollinen (Finnish), haitallinen (Finnish), tuhoisa (Finnish), nocif (French), malsain (French), pernicieux (French), მავნე (mavne) (Georgian), მავნებელი (mavnebeli) (Georgian), საზიანო (saziano) (Georgian), მაწყინარი (mac̣q̇inari) (Georgian), schädlich (German), bösartig (German), verderblich (German), perniziös [medicine, sciences] (German), ολέθριος (oléthrios) [masculine] (Greek), ártalmas (Hungarian), pernicioso (Italian), 有害な (yūkai na) (alt: ゆうがいな) (Japanese), perniciosus (Latin), погубен (poguben) [masculine] (Macedonian), groźny [masculine] (Polish), szkodliwy (Polish), zgubny [masculine] (Polish), pernicioso (Portuguese), pernicios (Romanian), vătămător (Romanian), dăunător (Romanian), тлетво́рный (tletvórnyj) (Russian), па́губный (págubnyj) (Russian), зловредный (zlovrednyj) [masculine] (Russian), sgriosail (Scottish Gaelic), štetan (Serbo-Croatian), pernicioso (Spanish), fördärvlig (Swedish), habis (Turkish), muzır (Turkish), pernisiyöz [medicine, sciences] (Turkish), zararlı (Turkish), згубний (zhubnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), шкідливий (škidlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pernicious-en-adj-b-lw7SX8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 32 1 Disambiguation of 'causing much harm': 53 15 32
  2. Causing death or injury; deadly. Synonyms: attery Translations (causing death or injury): ги́белен (gíbelen) (Bulgarian), па́губен (páguben) (Bulgarian), 致命 (zhìmìng) (Chinese Mandarin), dodelijk (Dutch), schadelijk (Dutch), tappava (Finnish), nocif (French), délétère (French), nuisible (French), dangereux (French), perniziös [medicine, sciences] (German), tödlich (German), ολέθριος (oléthrios) [masculine] (Greek), θανατηφόρος (thanatifóros) [masculine] (Greek), veszedelmes (Hungarian), 致命的な (chimeiteki na) (alt: ちめいてきな) (Japanese), погубен (poguben) [masculine] (Macedonian), zgubny (Polish), mórbido (Portuguese), pernicios (Romanian), vătămător (Romanian), dăunător (Romanian), вре́дный (vrédnyj) (Russian), ги́бельный (gíbelʹnyj) (Russian), poguban (Serbo-Croatian), pernicioso (Spanish), ölümcül (Turkish), pernisiyöz [medicine, sciences] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pernicious-en-adj-daGf5y-n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 32 1 Disambiguation of 'causing death or injury': 11 76 13
  3. (of a person) Insidiously villainous: intending to cause harm, especially in a subtle way.
    Sense id: en-pernicious-en-adj-YMHlTH0K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 34 32 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pernicious anemia, pernicious scale, perniciousness, perniciously
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

Forms: more pernicious [comparative], most pernicious [superlative]
Etymology: Analyzable as pernīx ("swift") + -ious. Etymology templates: {{l|la|pernīx}} pernīx, {{l|en|-ious}} -ious Head templates: {{en-adj}} pernicious (comparative more pernicious, superlative most pernicious)
  1. (obsolete) swift; celeritous. Tags: obsolete Related terms: pernicity
    Sense id: en-pernicious-en-adj-~6O8t5Nj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "alt": "ちめいてきな",
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      "word": "pernicious anemia"
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      "word": "па́губен"
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "有害"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "destructief"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "verderfelijk"
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "turmiollinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "haitallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "tuhoisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "nocif"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "malsain"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "pernicieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mavne",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "მავნე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mavnebeli",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "მავნებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "saziano",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "საზიანო"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mac̣q̇inari",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "მაწყინარი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "schädlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "bösartig"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "verderblich"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "topics": [
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        "sciences"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "oléthrios",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ολέθριος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "ártalmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "pernicioso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ゆうがいな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "有害な"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "perniciosus"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "погубен"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "groźny"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "szkodliwy"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
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      "word": "zgubny"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "pernicioso"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "pernicios"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "vătămător"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "dăunător"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tletvórnyj",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "тлетво́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "па́губный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zlovrednyj",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "gd",
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      "word": "sgriosail"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "štetan"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "pernicioso"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "fördärvlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "habis"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "muzır"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "word": "zararlı"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "zhubnyj",
      "sense": "causing much harm",
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      "word": "згубний"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "sense": "causing much harm",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "шкідливий"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "gíbelen",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "ги́белен"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhìmìng",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "致命"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "dodelijk"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "schadelijk"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "tappava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "nocif"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "délétère"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "nuisible"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "dangereux"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "θανατηφόρος"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "veszedelmes"
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    {
      "alt": "ちめいてきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chimeiteki na",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "致命的な"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "zgubny"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "mórbido"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "pernicios"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "vătămător"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "dăunător"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vrédnyj",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "вре́дный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gíbelʹnyj",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "ги́бельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "poguban"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "pernicioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "word": "ölümcül"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "causing death or injury",
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "pernisiyöz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pernicious"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pernīx"
      },
      "expansion": "pernīx",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ious"
      },
      "expansion": "-ious",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Analyzable as pernīx (\"swift\") + -ious.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more pernicious",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most pernicious",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pernicious (comparative more pernicious, superlative most pernicious)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "pernicity"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "swift; celeritous."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swift",
          "swift"
        ],
        [
          "celeritous",
          "celeritous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) swift; celeritous."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pernicious"
}

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