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pestilence.

Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɛstələn(t)s//ˈpɛstɪlən(t)s//ˈpɛstlən(t)s//ˈpɛstələn(t)s/US

  1. Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.

    countable · uncountable

  2. Anything harmful to morals or public order.

    archaic · countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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

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