Answer. Ad hoc is a word that originally comes from Latin and means âfor thisâ or for this situation.. In current American English it is used to describe something that has been formed or used for a special and immediate purpose, without previous planning.Ad hoc can be used as an adjective or an adverb.It is used more often as an adjective, especially in these expressions: 1  ad hoc committee. 2  ad hoc group. 3  ad hoc basis.n current American English it is used to describe something that has been formed or used for a special and immediate purpose, without previous planning. Ad hoc can be used as an adjective or an adverb. It is used more often as an adjective, especially in these expressions: 1  ad hoc committee. 2  ad hoc group. 3  ad hoc basis.
pestifero (masc.) (fem. pestifera, masc. pl. pestiferi, fem. pl. pestifere) pestilential, pestiferous; noxious (smell) Anagrams. epistrofe
â¢ PESTILENCE (noun). The noun PESTILENCE has 3 senses: 1. a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal.2. any epidemic disease with a high death rate.3. a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of.yponyms (each of the following is a kind of pestilence): bubonic plague; glandular plague; pestis bubonica (the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person).