maliferous

English

Etymology

From mal- +‎ -iferous.

Adjective

maliferous (comparative more maliferous, superlative most maliferous)

1. (archaic) unhealthy
2. (archaic) unsafe, perilous
   • 1859, William Howard Russell, My Diary in India, in the Year 1858-9:

     that gallant, fine-hearted soldier, who […] fell a victim to the maliferous climate of China