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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

유해한

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yuhaehan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pernicious/pɚˈnɪʃ.əs/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #8500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그것은 우리 사회에 유해한 영향을 미친다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

    "The pernicious influence of corruption can slowly erode the foundations of a democratic society."
  2. 2

    Highly injurious or destructive; deadly.

    "She suffered from a pernicious fever that severely weakened her constitution."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'perniciosus', meaning destructive or ruinous, which comes from 'pernicies' (destruction, death), formed from the prefix 'per-' (thoroughly) and 'necare' (to kill). Entering Middle English in the 15th century via Old French 'pernicieux', the term has historically retained its core connotation of insidious, highly harmful effects.

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