- pestilence pes·ti·lence n
- ['pɛstɪl(ə)ns]
pestilenza
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pestilence pes·ti·lence n
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pes|ti|lence — «PEHS tuh luhns», noun. 1. any disease that spreads rapidly causing many deaths. Smallpox, yellow fever, and the plague are pestilences. SYNONYM(S): epidemic, pest. 2. Figurative. something morally pestilent; wickedness: »Corruption is a… … Useful english dictionary
Pestilence — Pes ti*lence, n. [F. pestilence, L. pestilentia. See {Pestilent}.] 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. [1913 Webster] The pestilence That walketh … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pestilence weed — Pestilence Pes ti*lence, n. [F. pestilence, L. pestilentia. See {Pestilent}.] 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. [1913 Webster] The pestilence… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pestilence — pes|ti|lence [ˈpestıləns] n [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin pestilentia, from pestis; PEST] literary a disease that spreads quickly and kills a lot of people … Dictionary of contemporary English
pestilence — pes|ti|lence [ pestıləns ] noun count or uncount LITERARY a serious disease that spreads fast and kills many people … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pestilence — pes·ti·lence … English syllables
pestilence — pes•ti•lence [[t]ˈpɛs tl əns[/t]] n. 1) pat a deadly or virulent epidemic disease 2) pat bubonic plague 3) something regarded as harmful or destructive … From formal English to slang
Pestilence — The pestilence referred to the bubonic plague and it now refers to any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating. The plague was, a highly contagious, infectious, virulent, devastating disease due to a… … Medical dictionary
Petasites vulgaris — Pestilence Pes ti*lence, n. [F. pestilence, L. pestilentia. See {Pestilent}.] 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. [1913 Webster] The pestilence… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
