- pes|ti|lence
- 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.
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pes·ti·lence — … Useful english dictionary
lence — am·biv·a·lence; be·nev·o·lence; con·do·lence; cor·pu·lence; crap·u·lence; equi·pol·lence; equiv·a·lence; ex·cel·lence; fec·u·lence; flat·u·lence; floc·cu·lence; fraud·u·lence; in·do·lence; in·so·lence; ma·lev·o·lence; mul·ti·va·lence; op·u·lence; … English syllables
pes — al·pes·trine; anat·i·pes·ti·fer; cam·pes·tral; ge·o·tru·pes; har·pes; her·pes; her·pes·tes; in·tem·pes·tive; pes·cha·ni·ki; pes·cod; pes·ki·ly; pes·ki·ness; pes·sa·ry; pes·si·mal; pes·si·mism; pes·si·mist; pes·si·mis·tic; pes·si·mis·ti·cal·ly;… … English syllables
pestilence — pes·ti·lence … English syllables
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 [[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
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
