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pernicion

pernicion noun: destruction; perdition.

Noun

pernicion (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) destruction; perdition
    • Synods are whelps o'th'Inquisition,
      A mungrel breed of like pernicion.1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished...

Origin of pernicion

See pernicious.

Questions about pernicion

What does pernicion mean?
Pernicion means destruction; perdition.
What part of speech is pernicion?
Pernicion is a noun.

Words near pernicion in the dictionary

  1. Pernells
  2. Pernice
  3. Pernices
  4. Perniciaro
  5. Perniciaros
  6. pernicion
  7. pernicious
  8. pernicious anaemia
  9. pernicious anaemias
  10. pernicious anemia
  11. pernicious anemias

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