plague
plague Lexical Profile
plague Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To cause continual trouble, distress, or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time.
"Supply chain delays continued to plague the manufacturing sector throughout the year."
To pester or badger someone persistently with requests, questions, or interruptions.
"The reporters began to plague the minister with questions about the leaked budget report."
• noun
A contagious bacterial disease caused by Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, delirium, and either the formation of painful swollen lymph nodes (bubonic plague) or severe lung infection (pneumonic plague).
"Historians estimate that the medieval outbreak of the plague reduced Europe's population by at least a third."
An unusually large, destructive, or troublesome influx of animals, insects, or unwelcome things that causes widespread damage or distress.
"A sudden plague of locusts devastated the region's wheat harvest within days."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in Middle English via Old French from Late Latin 'plaga' (meaning 'pestilence' or 'calamity'), which originally meant a 'stroke', 'blow', or 'wound' in Classical Latin, from Ancient Greek 'plēgē'.