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Word of the Date 1/29/2017

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Hi, this is Barry. Jill is working on getting better. We wanted to share a word with you. It has become one of our favorites.  It is a new word that explains a lot. We discovered:

Pernicious Anemia

I will explain a bit tomorrow. To pooped to write tonight.

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The definition of pernicious is deadly or very destructive.

An example of pernicious is the devastating effects of intense drug use.

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  1. causing great injury, destruction, or ruin; fatal; deadly
  2. Rare wicked; evil

Origin of pernicious

French pernicieux ; from Classical Latin perniciosus ; from pernicies, destruction ; from pernecare, to kill ; from per, thoroughly + necare, to kill: see necro-

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adjective

  1. Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly: a pernicious virus.
  2. Causing great harm; destructive: pernicious rumors.

Origin of pernicious

Middle English, from Old French pernicios, from Latin pernici&omacron;sus, from pernici&emacron;s, destruction : per-, per- + nex, nec-, violent death; see nek-1 in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:

  • per·ni′cious·ly

    adverb

  • per·ni′cious·ness

    noun

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Adjective(comparative more pernicious, superlative most pernicious)

  1. Causing much harm in a subtle way.
  2. Causing death or injury; deadly.

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OriginFrom Middle English, from Old French pernicios, from Latin perniciosus (“destructive”), from pernicies (“destruction”), from per (“through”) + nex (“slaughter, death”)

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