most pestilent

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One of the most pestilent of all social nuisances is the athlete who must be eternally performing "feats," and then talking about them.

From The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour by Runciman, James

‘He died by reason of a most pestilent fever,’ answered the wounded man.

From The Red Romance Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

I understand that you two young men formerly belonged to the squadron of that most pestilent heretic and pirate, Cavendish; is it not so?

From Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess by Rainey, W. (William)

Oh cruell and wicked Dogge: yea, and if I may so call my father, Oh Traytor most pestilent, do thou enioy Mustapha, his Treasures, his Horses, Furnitures, and the sayd Countrey to.

From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William

And while ye go about to drive your neighbour out of his land, ye must needs first bring into your own land the most pestilent puddle of unthrifts that can be.

From Against War by Erasmus, Desiderius