Bible Dictionaries
Pestiferous

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.

(2):

(a.) Noxious to peace, to morals, or to society; vicious; hurtful; destructive; as, a pestiferous demagogue.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pestiferous'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pestiferous.html. 1828.