| slovo | definícia |
plague
(mass) | plague
- trápiť |
plague
(encz) | plague,dýmějový mor n: |
plague
(encz) | plague,epidemie n: |
plague
(encz) | plague,mor n: Zdeněk Brož |
plague
(encz) | plague,morová rána n: |
plague
(encz) | plague,mračno n: |
plague
(encz) | plague,mrak n: |
plague
(encz) | plague,nákaza n: Zdeněk Brož |
plague
(encz) | plague,ničivé hejno n: |
plague
(encz) | plague,ničivé množství n: |
plague
(encz) | plague,pohroma n: |
plague
(encz) | plague,rána n: |
plague
(encz) | plague,soužení n: Zdeněk Brož |
plague
(encz) | plague,zamořit v: Zdeněk Brož |
plague
(encz) | plague,záplava n: |
Plague
(gcide) | Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf.
Plaint.]
1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
vexation. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail.
--Wyclif.
[1913 Webster]
The different plague of each calamity. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often
prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times
visited the large cities of Europe with frightful
mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London
plague. "A plague upon the people fell." --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
Cattle plague. See Rinderpest.
Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague;
hence, a token of something incurable.
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Plague
(gcide) | Plague \Plague\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plagued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plaguing.]
1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural
evil of any kind.
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Thus were they plagued
And worn with famine. --Milton.
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2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
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She will plague the man that loves her most.
--Spenser.
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Syn: To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy;
tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex.
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plague
(wn) | plague
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 swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of
grasshoppers" [syn: infestation, plague]
4: any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent
by God)
5: an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
v 1: cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the
garden with mold" [syn: blight, plague]
2: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female
co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy,
chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest,
provoke] |
plague
(devil) | PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for
admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the
Immune. The plague as we of to-day have the happiness to know it is
merely Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless
objectionableness.
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plague
(mass) | plague
- trápiť |
bubonic plague
(encz) | bubonic plague,dýmějový mor n: Pavel Machek |
cattle plague
(encz) | cattle plague, n: |
plague
(encz) | plague,dýmějový mor n: plague,epidemie n: plague,mor n: Zdeněk Brožplague,morová rána n: plague,mračno n: plague,mrak n: plague,nákaza n: Zdeněk Brožplague,ničivé hejno n: plague,ničivé množství n: plague,pohroma n: plague,rána n: plague,soužení n: Zdeněk Brožplague,zamořit v: Zdeněk Brožplague,záplava n: |
plague spot
(encz) | plague spot, n: |
plagued
(encz) | plagued,soužený adj: Zdeněk Brožplagued,sužoval v: Zdeněk Brožplagued,zamořený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
plaguey
(encz) | plaguey, adv: |
pneumonic plague
(encz) | pneumonic plague, n: |
septicemic plague
(encz) | septicemic plague, n: |
tin plague
(encz) | tin plague, n: |
white plague
(encz) | white plague, n: |
annoying galling chafing irritating nettlesome pesky pestiferous pestilent plaguy plaguey teasing vexatious vexing
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Bubonic plague
(gcide) | Bubonic plague \Bubonic plague\ (Med.)
a severe and often fatal disease caused by infection with the
bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis),
transmitted to man by the bite of fleas, themselves usually
infected by biting infected rodents. It is characterized by
the formation of buboes, most notably on the groin and
armpits, and accompanied by weakness and high fever. The
disease was known as the black death, and was responsible
for several devastating plagues throughout the middle ages.
When lungs became infected, the disease was called the
pneumonic plague. It is still found occasionally in poor
areas of undeveloped countries but is rare in developed
countries.
[PJC] |
Cattle plague
(gcide) | Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf.
Plaint.]
1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
vexation. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail.
--Wyclif.
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The different plague of each calamity. --Shak.
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2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often
prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times
visited the large cities of Europe with frightful
mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London
plague. "A plague upon the people fell." --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
Cattle plague. See Rinderpest.
Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague;
hence, a token of something incurable.
[1913 Webster]Rinderpest \Rin"der*pest\ (r[i^]n"d[~e]r*p[e^]st), n. [G., fr.
rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.]
A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat
cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also
cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and {steppe
murrain}.
[1913 Webster]Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[a^]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel, goods,
property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale, goods,
property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the head,
chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief
part of a man's property. See Capital, and cf. Chattel.]
Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
asses, and swine.
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Belted cattle, Black cattle. See under Belted, Black.
Cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
cattle louse (Zool.), any species of louse infecting
cattle. There are several species. The {H[ae]matatopinus
eurysternus} and H[ae]matatopinus vituli are common
species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalaris eats the
hair.
Cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle
plague}.
Cattle range, or Cattle run, an open space through which
cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
Cattle show, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
domestic products and of implements.
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cattle plague
(gcide) | Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf.
Plaint.]
1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
vexation. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail.
--Wyclif.
[1913 Webster]
The different plague of each calamity. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often
prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times
visited the large cities of Europe with frightful
mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London
plague. "A plague upon the people fell." --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
Cattle plague. See Rinderpest.
Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague;
hence, a token of something incurable.
[1913 Webster]Rinderpest \Rin"der*pest\ (r[i^]n"d[~e]r*p[e^]st), n. [G., fr.
rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.]
A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat
cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also
cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and {steppe
murrain}.
[1913 Webster]Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[a^]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel, goods,
property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale, goods,
property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the head,
chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief
part of a man's property. See Capital, and cf. Chattel.]
Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
asses, and swine.
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Belted cattle, Black cattle. See under Belted, Black.
Cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
cattle louse (Zool.), any species of louse infecting
cattle. There are several species. The {H[ae]matatopinus
eurysternus} and H[ae]matatopinus vituli are common
species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalaris eats the
hair.
Cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle
plague}.
Cattle range, or Cattle run, an open space through which
cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
Cattle show, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
domestic products and of implements.
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Cattle plague
(gcide) | Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf.
Plaint.]
1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
vexation. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail.
--Wyclif.
[1913 Webster]
The different plague of each calamity. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often
prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times
visited the large cities of Europe with frightful
mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London
plague. "A plague upon the people fell." --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
Cattle plague. See Rinderpest.
Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague;
hence, a token of something incurable.
[1913 Webster]Rinderpest \Rin"der*pest\ (r[i^]n"d[~e]r*p[e^]st), n. [G., fr.
rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.]
A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat
cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also
cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and {steppe
murrain}.
[1913 Webster]Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[a^]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel, goods,
property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale, goods,
property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the head,
chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief
part of a man's property. See Capital, and cf. Chattel.]
Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
asses, and swine.
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Belted cattle, Black cattle. See under Belted, Black.
Cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
cattle louse (Zool.), any species of louse infecting
cattle. There are several species. The {H[ae]matatopinus
eurysternus} and H[ae]matatopinus vituli are common
species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalaris eats the
hair.
Cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle
plague}.
Cattle range, or Cattle run, an open space through which
cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
Cattle show, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
domestic products and of implements.
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Plague mark
(gcide) | Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf.
Plaint.]
1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
vexation. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail.
--Wyclif.
[1913 Webster]
The different plague of each calamity. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often
prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times
visited the large cities of Europe with frightful
mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London
plague. "A plague upon the people fell." --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
Cattle plague. See Rinderpest.
Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague;
hence, a token of something incurable.
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Plague spot
(gcide) | Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf.
Plaint.]
1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
vexation. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail.
--Wyclif.
[1913 Webster]
The different plague of each calamity. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often
prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times
visited the large cities of Europe with frightful
mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London
plague. "A plague upon the people fell." --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
Cattle plague. See Rinderpest.
Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague;
hence, a token of something incurable.
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Plagued
(gcide) | Plague \Plague\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plagued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plaguing.]
1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural
evil of any kind.
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Thus were they plagued
And worn with famine. --Milton.
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2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
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She will plague the man that loves her most.
--Spenser.
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Syn: To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy;
tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex.
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Plagueful
(gcide) | Plagueful \Plague"ful\, a.
Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as,
plagueful exhalations.
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Plagueless
(gcide) | Plagueless \Plague"less\, a.
Free from plagues or the plague.
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Plaguer
(gcide) | Plaguer \Pla"guer\, n.
One who plagues or annoys.
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pneumonic plague
(gcide) | Bubonic plague \Bubonic plague\ (Med.)
a severe and often fatal disease caused by infection with the
bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis),
transmitted to man by the bite of fleas, themselves usually
infected by biting infected rodents. It is characterized by
the formation of buboes, most notably on the groin and
armpits, and accompanied by weakness and high fever. The
disease was known as the black death, and was responsible
for several devastating plagues throughout the middle ages.
When lungs became infected, the disease was called the
pneumonic plague. It is still found occasionally in poor
areas of undeveloped countries but is rare in developed
countries.
[PJC] |
Russian cattle plague
(gcide) | Rinderpest \Rin"der*pest\ (r[i^]n"d[~e]r*p[e^]st), n. [G., fr.
rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.]
A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat
cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also
cattle plague, Russian cattle plague, and {steppe
murrain}.
[1913 Webster]Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[a^]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel, goods,
property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale, goods,
property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the head,
chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief
part of a man's property. See Capital, and cf. Chattel.]
Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
asses, and swine.
[1913 Webster]
Belted cattle, Black cattle. See under Belted, Black.
Cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
cattle louse (Zool.), any species of louse infecting
cattle. There are several species. The {H[ae]matatopinus
eurysternus} and H[ae]matatopinus vituli are common
species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalaris eats the
hair.
Cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle
plague}.
Cattle range, or Cattle run, an open space through which
cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
Cattle show, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
domestic products and of implements.
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Unplagued
(gcide) | Unplagued \Unplagued\
See plagued. |
White plague
(gcide) | White plague \White plague\
Tuberculosis, esp. of the lungs.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
ambulant plague
(wn) | ambulant plague
n 1: a mild form of bubonic plague [syn: ambulant plague,
ambulatory plague, pestis ambulans] |
ambulatory plague
(wn) | ambulatory plague
n 1: a mild form of bubonic plague [syn: ambulant plague,
ambulatory plague, pestis ambulans] |
black plague
(wn) | Black Plague
n 1: the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the
Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of
western Europe [syn: Black Death, Black Plague] |
bubonic plague
(wn) | bubonic plague
n 1: the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized
by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of
buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from
person to person [syn: bubonic plague, pestis bubonica,
glandular plague] |
cattle plague
(wn) | cattle plague
n 1: an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually
fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and
inflammation of mucous membranes [syn: rinderpest,
cattle plague] |
glandular plague
(wn) | glandular plague
n 1: the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized
by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of
buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from
person to person [syn: bubonic plague, pestis bubonica,
glandular plague] |
plague
(wn) | plague
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 swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of
grasshoppers" [syn: infestation, plague]
4: any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent
by God)
5: an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
v 1: cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the
garden with mold" [syn: blight, plague]
2: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female
co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy,
chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest,
provoke] |
plague pneumonia
(wn) | plague pneumonia
n 1: a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the
plague that can spread through the air from person to
person; characterized by lung involvement with chill,
bloody expectoration and high fever [syn: {pneumonic
plague}, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia] |
plague spot
(wn) | plague spot
n 1: a spot on the skin characteristic of the plague |
plaguey
(wn) | plaguey
adv 1: in a disagreeable manner; "it's so plaguey cold!" [syn:
plaguey, plaguy, plaguily]
adj 1: likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease; "a
pestilential malignancy in the air"- Jonathan Swift;
"plaguey fevers" [syn: pestilent, pestilential,
pestiferous, plaguey]
2: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm
on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly
bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to
ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome
paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats";
"a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and
persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is
vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: annoying,
bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestering, pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing] |
pneumonic plague
(wn) | pneumonic plague
n 1: a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the
plague that can spread through the air from person to
person; characterized by lung involvement with chill,
bloody expectoration and high fever [syn: {pneumonic
plague}, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia] |
pulmonic plague
(wn) | pulmonic plague
n 1: a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the
plague that can spread through the air from person to
person; characterized by lung involvement with chill,
bloody expectoration and high fever [syn: {pneumonic
plague}, pulmonic plague, plague pneumonia] |
septicemic plague
(wn) | septicemic plague
n 1: an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the
plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream;
does not spread from person to person |
tin plague
(wn) | tin plague
n 1: the transformation of ordinary white tin into powdery grey
tin at very cold temperatures [syn: tin pest, {tin
disease}, tin plague] |
white plague
(wn) | white plague
n 1: involving the lungs with progressive wasting of the body
[syn: pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption, phthisis,
wasting disease, white plague]
2: an addiction to a drug (especially a narcotic drug) [syn:
drug addiction, white plague] |
meme plague
(foldoc) | meme plague
The spread of a successful but pernicious meme,
especially one that parasitises the victims into giving their
all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and the other guy's
religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is
given point by the historical fact that "joiner" ideologies
like Naziism or various forms of millennarian Christianity
have exhibited plague-like cycles of exponential growth
followed by collapses to small reservoir populations.
[Jargon File]
(1996-08-11)
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meme plague
(jargon) | meme plague
n.
The spread of a successful but pernicious meme, esp. one that parasitizes
the victims into giving their all to propagate it. Astrology, BASIC, and
the other guy's religion are often considered to be examples. This usage is
given point by the historical fact that ‘joiner’ ideologies like Naziism or
various forms of millennarian Christianity have exhibited plague-like
cycles of exponential growth followed by collapses to small reservoir
populations.
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plague
(devil) | PLAGUE, n. In ancient times a general punishment of the innocent for
admonition of their ruler, as in the familiar instance of Pharaoh the
Immune. The plague as we of to-day have the happiness to know it is
merely Nature's fortuitous manifestation of her purposeless
objectionableness.
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