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perniciousness

perniciousness noun: the condition of being pernicious; destructiveness.

Noun

perniciousness (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being pernicious; destructiveness

Origin of perniciousness

From pernicious + -ness.

Questions about perniciousness

What does perniciousness mean?
Perniciousness means the condition of being pernicious; destructiveness.
What part of speech is perniciousness?
Perniciousness is a noun.

Words near perniciousness in the dictionary

  1. pernicious anæmia
  2. pernicious anæmias
  3. pernicious scale
  4. pernicious scales
  5. perniciously
  6. perniciousness
  7. pernicity
  8. pernicketily
  9. pernicketiness
  10. pernickety
  11. pernigraniline

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