Definitions for: Pestilence


[n] a pernicious evil influence
[n] any epidemic disease with a high death rate



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

The pestilence That walketh in darkness. --Ps. xci.
6.

2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to
the moral character of great numbers.

I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. --Shak.

Pestilence weed (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot ({Petasites
vulgaris}), so called because formerly considered a remedy
for the plague. --Dr. Prior.

Synonyms: plague

See Also: epidemic disease, influence

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