All 4 Uses of "pernicious" in "Macbeth"

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All 4 Uses

pernicious
in
Macbeth
(Edited)

Let this pernicious hour stand aye accursed in the calendar!
p. 129.9
Let this pernicious hour stand aye accursed in the calendar!
p. 142.5
This avarice
Sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root
Than summer-seeming lust,
p. 145.4 *
This avarice
Sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root
Than summer-seeming lust,
p. 162.4 *

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(1) (pernicious)
harmful or something spreading harm -- especially in a gradual or subtle way
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)