PERNANCY Per"nan*cy, n. Etym: [OF. prenance, fr. prendre, prenre, penre, to take, L. prendere, prehendere.] (Law)
Defn: A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits. Blackstone.
PERNEL
Per"nel, n.
Defn: See Pimpernel. [Obs.]
PERNICION
Per*ni"cion, n. Etym: [See 2d Pernicious.]
Defn: Destruction; perdition. [Obs.] hudibras.
PERNICIOUS
Per*ni"cious, a. Etym: [L. pernix, -icis.]
Defn: Quick; swift (to burn). [R.] Milton.
PERNICIOUS Per*ni"cious, a. Etym: [L. perniciosus, from pernicies destruction, from pernecare to kill or slay outright; per + necare to kill, slay: cf. F. pernicieux. Cf. Nuisance, Necromancy.]
Defn: Having the quality of injuring or killing; destructive; very
mischievous; baleful; malicious; wicked.
Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar. Shak.
Pernicious to his health. Prescott.