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exitious

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Etymology

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From Latin exitiosus.

Adjective

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exitious (comparative more exitious, superlative most exitious)

  1. Harmful, destructive, deadly, pernicious.
    • 1657, Renodaeus tran. Richard Tomlinson, A Medicinal Dispensatory[1]:
      Diſcorides ſaith that in Perſia they found this Tree to be exitious, which by tranſlation into Ægypt changed its nature