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pestilence

[ pes-tl-uhns ]

noun

  1. a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.
  2. something that is considered harmful, destructive, or evil.


pestilence

/ ˈɛɪəԲ /

noun

    1. any epidemic outbreak of a deadly and highly infectious disease, such as the plague
    2. such a disease
  1. an evil influence or idea
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • t·t·Գ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of pestilence1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin pestilentia, from pestilent-, stem of پŧԲ “unhealthy, noxious” ( pestilent ) + -ia -y 3( def )
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The church had given the cause of the pestilence to be the "impropriety of the behaviour of men" and poulaines symbolised that behaviour.

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In dramatic lore they are known as famine, pestilence, destruction and death.

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I’d love to see Harris and the Democrats start saying they have to “Drain the Swamp!” of this slimy pestilence.

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From the Middle Ages on, Paris’ early underground waste channels were a wellspring of public fascination — and a source of pestilence, criminality and existential dread.

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Trump, who channels Mussolini when he isn’t plagiarizing Hitler, is, in fact, a pestilence preying on America and its freedoms.

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