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pestiferous

How many syllables in pestiferous?

  4 syllables

Divide pestiferous into syllables:   pes-tif-er-ous
Stressed syllable in pestiferous:   pes-tif-er-ous
How to pronounce pestiferous:   pe-stif-er-us
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