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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pestilential \Pes'ti*len"tial\, adjective [Cf. F. pestilentiel.]
1. Having the nature or qualities of a pestilence. ''Sends the pestilential vapors.'' --Longfellow.
2. Hence: Mischievous; noxious; pernicious; morally destructive.
So pestilential, so infectious a thing is sin. --Jer. Taylor.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pestilential
adjective: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift; "plaguey fevers" [syn: {pestilent}, {pestiferous}, {plaguey}]
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