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      pestiferous
      adjective
      causing irritation or annoyance
      tending to corrupt or pervert
      likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
      contaminated with infecting organisms
      Roots
      pestispesti- · Latin · plague, pestilenceferrefer- · Latin · to bear, carryosus-ous · Latin · full of
      Synonyms for pestiferous
      plagueyadjpestilentadjpeskyadjannoyingadjirritatingadjpestilentialadjvexatiousadjbothersomeadjvexingadjgallingadjpesteringadjirksomeadjexasperatingadjnoisomeadjtroublesomeadjimportunateadj
      Words related to pestiferous
      plaguyadjnettlesomeadjpestyadjcorruptiveadjirksomenessntroublesomelyadvirksomelyadvpeskinessnvexatiousnessnexasperativeadjnonirritatingperversiveadjvexinglyadvpesterousadjpesteringlyadvnoyousadjvexatiouslyadvrebarbativeadjnuisancenobnoxiousadjdisagreeableadjexasperatinglyadvteenfuladjdispleasantadj

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      Where does pestiferous come from?

      The word pestiferous breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: pesti, from Latin pestis (“plague, pestilence”); fer, from Latin ferre (“to bear, carry”); and -ous, from Latin osus (“full of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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