English-Thai Dictionary

pernicious

ADJ เป็นอันตราย  เป็น ภัย  fatal annihilating baleful toxic pen-an-ta-rai

 

pernicious anemia

N โรคโลหิตจาง เพราะ ขาด วิตามิน  B12 blood disease hemolytic anaemia rok-lo-hid-jang-prow-kwd-wi-ta-min

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERNICIOUS

a.[L. perniciosus, from pernicies; perneco, to kill; per and nex, necis, death. ] 1. Destructive; having the quality of killing, destroying or injuring; very injurious or mischievous. Food, drink or air may be pernicious to life or health.
2. Destructive; tending to injure or destroy. Evil examples are pernicious to morals. Intemperance is a pernicious vice.
3. [L. pernix.] Quick. [Not used. ]

 

PERNICIOUSLY

adv. Destructively; with ruinous tendency or effects.

 

PERNICIOUSNESS

n.The quality of being very injurious, mischievous or destructive.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERNICIOUS

Per *ni "cious, a. Etym: [L. pernix, -icis.]

 

Defn: Quick; swift (to burn ). [R.] Milton.

 

PERNICIOUS

Per *ni "cious, a. Etym: [L. perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from pernecare to kill or slay outright; per + necare to kill, slay: cf. F. pernicieux. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy. ]

 

Defn: Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked. Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar. Shak. Pernicious to his health. Prescott.

 

Syn. -- Destructive; ruinous; deadly; noxious; injurious; baneful; deleterious; hurtful; mischievous. -- Per *ni "cious *ly, adv. , -- Per *ni "cious *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pernicious

per ni cious |pərˈniSHəs pərˈnɪʃəs | ▶adjective having a harmful effect, esp. in a gradual or subtle way: the pernicious influences of the mass media. DERIVATIVES per ni cious ly adverb, per ni cious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin perniciosus ‘destructive, ’ from pernicies ‘ruin, ’ based on nex, nec- ‘death. ’

 

pernicious anemia

per ni cious a ne mi a ▶noun a deficiency in the production of red blood cells through a lack of vitamin B 12.

 

Oxford Dictionary

pernicious

pernicious |pəˈnɪʃəs | ▶adjective having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way: the pernicious influences of the mass media. DERIVATIVES perniciously adverb, perniciousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin perniciosus ‘destructive ’, from pernicies ‘ruin ’, based on nex, nec- ‘death ’.

 

pernicious anaemia

per |ni ¦cious an |aemia ▶noun [ mass noun ] a deficiency in the production of red blood cells through a lack of vitamin B 12.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pernicious

pernicious adjective a pernicious influence on society: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious, hurtful, detrimental, deleterious, dangerous, adverse, inimical, unhealthy, unfavorable, bad, evil, baleful, wicked, malign, malevolent, malignant, noxious, poisonous, corrupting; literary maleficent. ANTONYMS beneficial.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pernicious

pernicious adjective a pernicious influence on society: harmful, damaging, destructive, injurious, hurtful, detrimental, deleterious, dangerous, adverse, inimical, unhealthy, unfavourable, bad, evil, baleful, wicked, malign, malevolent, malignant, noxious, poisonous, cancerous, corrupting, ruinous, deadly, lethal, fatal; literary malefic, maleficent; archaic pestilent, pestilential, baneful, pestiferous. ANTONYMS beneficial, benign, favourable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pernicious

per ni cious /pə r nɪ́ʃəs /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠ «…にとって » 有毒な, (ひどく )有害な ; 致命的な (fatal ) «to » .～̀ an (a )é mia 悪性貧血 .～ly 副詞 有害に ; 致命的に .～ness 名詞