most pestilent
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He is known to be an influential member of one of the most pestilent secret societies in the country.
From The Gadfly by E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich
‘He died by reason of a most pestilent fever,’ answered the wounded man.
From The Red Romance Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
"The boy was in a most pestilent fright," said Lazaro, "and therefore somewhat more snowy than was natural; nevertheless, I have seen darker skins among the damsels of La Mancha."
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird
Hence those who are put to the test by them are angry with me, and not with them, and say that "there is one Socrates, a most pestilent fellow, who corrupts the youth."
From Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Henry Cary
Brébeuf especially was accounted the most pestilent of sorcerers.
From The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century by Francis Parkman
