plague
[ pleyg ]
/ pleɪg /
noun
verb (used with object), plagued, pla·guing.
Origin of plague
1350–1400; Middle English
plage < Latin
plāga stripe, wound, Late Latin: pestilence
synonym study for plague
6. See
bother.
OTHER WORDS FROM plague
pla·guer, noun an·ti·plague, noun, adjective un·plagued, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH plague
plague plaqueWords nearby plague
Definition for plague (2 of 2)
Plague, The
noun
(French La Peste),
a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
Example sentences from the Web for plague
British Dictionary definitions for plague
plague
/ (pleɪɡ) /
noun
verb plagues, plaguing or plagued (tr)
Derived forms of plague
plaguer, nounWord Origin for plague
C14: from Late Latin
plāga pestilence, from Latin: a blow; related to Greek
plēgē a stroke, Latin
plangere to strike
Medical definitions for plague
plague
[ plāg ]
n.
A highly infectious, usually fatal, epidemic disease; a pestilence.
A highly fatal infectious disease that is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is transmitted primarily by the bite of a rat flea, and occurs in bubonic, pneumonic, and septicemic forms.
Scientific definitions for plague
plague
[ plāg ]
Any of various highly infectious, usually fatal epidemic diseases.
An often fatal disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted to humans usually by fleas that have bitten infected rats or other rodents.♦ Bubonic plague, the most common type, is characterized by the tender, swollen lymph nodes called buboes, fever, clotting abnormalities of the blood, and tissue necrosis. An epidemic of bubonic plague in fourteenth-century Europe and Asia was known as the Black Death.
Cultural definitions for plague
plague
[ (playg) ]
A highly contagious disease, such as bubonic plague, that spreads quickly throughout a population and causes widespread sickness and death.
notes for plague
The term is also used to refer to widespread outbreaks of many kinds, such as a “plague of locusts.”
Idioms and Phrases with plague
plague
see avoid like the plague.