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
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