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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.

Source: THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
 

 

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. [1913 Webster]

Thus were they plagued And worn with famine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. [1913 Webster]

She will plague the man that loves her most. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Syn: To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy; tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

plague

noun

1: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected rat flea (especially bubonic plague)
2: any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: pestilence]
3: a swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers" [syn: infestation]
4: any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
5: an annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"

verb

1: cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" [syn: blight]
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, molest, provoke]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

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.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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