Both Uses of
pernicious
in
Macbeth
- Let this pernicious hour stand aye accursed in the calendar!
p. 129.9pernicious = something spreading great harm in a gradual or subtle way
- This avarice
Sticks deeper, grows with more pernicious root
Than summer-seeming lust,p. 145.4 *pernicious = harmfuleditor's notes: This could be paraphrased as: "This greed sinks in deeper and takes root more harmfully than lust, which only appears in the heat of summer."
Definition:
harmful or something spreading harm -- especially in a gradual or subtle way