Noah Webster
Deleterious
DELETERIOUS, adjective [Latin To blot out or destroy.]
1. Having the quality of destroying, or extinguishing life; destructive; poisonous; as a deleterious plant or quality.
2. Injurious; pernicious.
DELETERIOUS, adjective [Latin To blot out or destroy.]
1. Having the quality of destroying, or extinguishing life; destructive; poisonous; as a deleterious plant or quality.
2. Injurious; pernicious.