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Pest

A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.

Pronunciation: /pɛst/

What “Pest” means

Noun

  1. A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
  2. Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
  3. An annoying person, a nuisance.
  4. An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
  5. An invasive weed.

Where the word comes from

In the 16th century in the sense of "pestilence" and specifically bubonic plague from Middle French peste (“pestilence”) (whence French peste). The other meanings are recorded soon after. Ultimately from Latin pestis.

Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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