Pestilence
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- Date: 14th century
Definitions
- 1 : a contagious or infectious disease that is virulent and devastating;
- an epidemic; especially : bubonic plague which is called pestis in Latin.
- 2 : something that is destructive or pernicious <I'll pour this pestilence into his ear — Shakespeare>
