Definition of Plagoe
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.
And men blasphemed God for the plague of
hail. Wyclif.
The different plague of each
calamity. Shak.
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.
Cattle plague. See Rinderpest. --
Plague mark, Plague spot, a
spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something
incurable.
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.
Thus were they plagued
And worn with famine. Milton.
2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to
harass.
She will plague the man that loves her
most. Spenser.
Syn. -- To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy;
tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx especially when seen as divine retribution
- A plague of locusts
- A pestilence or highly infectious, often fatal, epidemic disease; specifically that caused by the bacterium Pasturella pestis (also known as Yersinia pestisin) in Bubonic plague
- To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly
- Wikis are often plagued by vandalism
- To afflict someone with a disease or calamity
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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