Both Uses of
pernicious
in
Macbeth
- Let this pernicious hour stand aye accursed in the calendar!
p. 129.9 *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 weighed.†p. 145.4
Definition:
harmful or something spreading harm -- especially in a gradual or subtle way