See Also: deleterious(medicine)
deleterious(dictionary)
deleterious(dictionary)

deleterious (iou)



deleterious adjective. M17.
[from medieval Latin deleterius from Greek deleterios noxious: see -OUS.]
Injurious to life or health, noxious, harmful; mentally or morally damaging.
Byron 'Tis pity wine should be so deleterious, For tea and coffee leave us much more serious. R. W. Emerson Politics is a deleterious profession.
deleterial adjective = DELETERIOUS: only in 17.
deleteriously adverb L19.
deleteriousness noun E19.
deletery adjective = DELETERIOUS L16-L17.