🔤 Pernicious (Adjective)
IPA: /pərˈnɪʃəs/
✨ Use pernicious when describing things that are secretly dangerous or subtly destructive over time.
🧠 Meaning
Highly harmful or destructive, often in a gradual or subtle way.
✍️ Example Sentences
🔹 The pernicious effects of misinformation spread quickly across social media.
🔹 Long-term exposure to pernicious habits like smoking can damage your health permanently.
📜 Word Origin
From Latin perniciosus, meaning "destructive," from pernicies (ruin, destruction)
💡 Did You Know?
Though it sounds poetic, pernicious is a deadly word—historically used to describe deadly plagues or dangerous ideas.
🏷️ Related Words
#deleterious
#noxious
#harmful
#insidious
#injurious
#toxic
#malevolent
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