pestilence
noun/ˈpɛstələn(t)s//ˈpɛstələn(t)s/US
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pestilentia (“plague”), from pestilens (“infected, unwholesome, noxious”); equivalent to pestilent + -ence.
Definitions
Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
- Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Anything harmful to morals or public order.
The personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for pestilence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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