pestilence

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

pestilences

1.
(countable, uncountable)Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII, Chapter iii, leaf 347r and hit was in the realme of Logrys and soo bifelle grete pestylence & grete harme to both Realmes "And it was in the realm of Logris; and so befell great pestilence and great harm to both realms."
Đồng nghĩa: plague, murrain
2.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Anything harmful to morals or public order.

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Đồng nghĩa

plague murrainplague#Noun

Cùng gốc / liên quan

pest pesticide pestilent virulence

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English -, from Old French -, from Latin pestilentia (plague), from pestilens (infected, unwholesome, noxious); equivalent to pestilent + -ence.