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Anapestic
Anapestic An`a*pes"tic, a. [L. anapaesticus, Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an
anapestic meter, foot, verse. -- n. Anapestic measure or
verse.
Anapestical
Anapestical An`a*pes"tic*al, a.
Anapestic.
IntempestiveIntempestive In`tem*pes"tive, a. [L. intempestivus: cf. F.
intempestif. See In- not, and Tempestive.]
Out of season; untimely. [Obs.] --Burton.
Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. --Hales. Intempestively
Intempestively In`tem*pes"tive*ly, adv.
Unseasonably. [Obs.]
Pestiduct
Pestiduct Pes"ti*duct, n. [L. pestis pest + ductus a leading,
fr. ducere to lead.]
That which conveys contagion or infection. [Obs.] --Donne.
Pestiferous
Pestiferous Pes*tif"er*ous, a. [L. pestiferus, pestifer;
pestis pest + ferre to bear: cf. F. pestif[`e]re.]
1. Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant;
infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies. ``Poor,
pestiferous creatures begging alms.' --Evelyn.
``Unwholesome and pestiferous occupations.' --Burke.
2. Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious;
hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.
Pestiferous reports of men very nobly held. --Shak.
Pestiferously
Pestiferously Pes*tif"er*ous*ly, adv.
In a pestiferuos manner.
PestilationPestilation Pes`ti*la"tion, n. [LL. pestillum, L. pistillum.
See Pestle.]
The act of pounding and bruising with a pestle in a mortar.
--Sir T. Browne. Pestilent
Pestilent Pes"ti*lent, a. [L. pestilens, -entis, fr. pestis
pest: cf. F. pestilent.]
Pestilential; noxious; pernicious; mischievous. ``Corrupt and
pestilent.' --Milton. ``What a pestilent knave is this
same!' --Shak.
Pestilential
Pestilential Pes`ti*len"tial, a. [Cf. F. pestilentiel.]
1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. ``Sends
the pestilential vapors.' --Longfellow.
2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally
destructive.
So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin.
--Jer. Taylor.
Pestilentially
Pestilentially Pes`ti*len"tial*ly, adv.
Pestilently.
Pestilentious
Pestilentious Pes`ti*len"tious, a.
Pestilential. [Obs.]
Pestilently
Pestilently Pes"ti*lent*ly, adv.
In a pestilent manner; mischievously; destructively. ``Above
all measure pestilently noisome.' --Dr. H. More.
Pestilentness
Pestilentness Pes"ti*lent*ness, n.
The quality of being pestilent.
TempestiveTempestive Tem*pes"tive, a. [L. tempestivus.]
Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] --Heywood.
-- Tem*pes"tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] TempestivelyTempestive Tem*pes"tive, a. [L. tempestivus.]
Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. [Obs.] --Heywood.
-- Tem*pes"tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Tempestivily
Tempestivily Tem`pes*tiv"i*ly, n. [L. tempestivitas.]
The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness.
[Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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