nefast

From Latin nefastus (“irreligious, inauspicious”).

nefast (comparative more nefast, superlative most nefast)

1. (obsolete) wicked (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• nefarious

• Stefan, fasten

Borrowed from French néfaste, from Latin nefāstus, from nefās.

• IPA^(key): /neːˈfɑst/

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• Hyphenation: ne‧fast
• Rhymes: -ɑst

nefast (comparative nefaster, superlative meest nefast or nefastst)

1. (chiefly Belgium) adverse, damaging

Borrowed from French néfaste.

nefast m or n (feminine singular nefastă, masculine plural nefaști, feminine and neuter plural nefaste)

1. harmful