[えきれい, ekirei] (n) epidemic; plague; pestilence[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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The pestilence that walketh in darkness. --Ps. xci.
6.
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2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to
the moral character of great numbers.
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I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. --Shak.
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{Pestilence weed} (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot ({Petasites
vulgaris}), so called because formerly considered a remedy
for the plague. --Dr. Prior.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pestilence
n 1: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by
Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by
the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal [syn:
{plague}, {pestilence}, {pest}, {pestis}]
2: any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: {plague},
{pestilence}, {pest}]
3: a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of;
"racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation";
"according to him, I was the canker in their midst" [syn:
{pestilence}, {canker}]
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