pernicious

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. Causing much harm in a subtle way.
  2. Causing death or injury; deadly.
  3. Insidiously villainous: intending to cause harm, especially in a subtle way.

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/pəˈnɪʃəs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English, from Old French pernicios, from Latin perniciōsus (“destructive”), from perniciēs (“destruction”), from per (“through”) + nex (“slaughter, death”).

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