Not an ordinary vitamin. Vitamin D is actually a hormone that your body makes, starting when your skin is exposed to the sunâs ultraviolet rays. If youâre in the sun enough, you probably donât need to consume any vitamin D from food or supplements.
Synonym Discussion of PERNICIOUS. pernicious, baneful, noxious, deleterious, detrimental mean exceedingly harmful. pernicious implies irreparable harm done through evil or insidious corrupting or undermining. baneful implies injury through poisoning or destroying.noxious applies to what is both offensive and injurious to the health of a body or mind.xamples of PERNICIOUS. 1  More pernicious still has been the acceptance of the author's controversial ideas by the general public. 2  the pernicious effects of jealousy. 3  She thinks television has a pernicious influence on our children.
The Greek term porneia (ÏÎ¿ÏÎ½ÎµÎ¯Î±), meaning illicit sexual intercourse, was translated as fornication in the 1611 King James Version of the bible and has also been translated as whoredom, sexual immorality or simply immorality.