Both Uses of
pernicious
in
Macbeth
- Let this pernicious hour stand aye accursed in the calendar!
Scene 4.1 *pernicious = something spreading great harm in a gradual or subtle way
- This avarice Sticks deeper; grows with more pernicious root Than summer-seeming lust; and it hath been The sword of our slain kings: yet do not fear; Scotland hath foysons to fill up your will, Of your mere own: all these are portable, With other graces weigh'd.†
Scene 4.3
Definition:
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(pernicious) harmful or something spreading harm -- especially in a gradual or subtle way