English-Thai Dictionary

pestilence

N โรคติดต่อ ร้ายแรง  โรคระบาด  epidemic pandemic plague rok-tid-tor-rai-rang

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PESTILENCE

Pes "ti *lence, n. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pestilence

pes ti lence |ˈpestələns ˈpɛstələns | ▶noun archaic a fatal epidemic disease, esp. bubonic plague. ORIGIN Middle English (also denoting something morally corrupting ): from Old French, from Latin pestilentia, based on pestis ‘a plague. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

pestilence

pesti |lence |ˈpɛstɪl (ə )ns | ▶noun archaic a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague. ORIGIN Middle English (also denoting something morally corrupting ): from Old French, from Latin pestilentia, based on pestis ‘a plague ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pestilence

pestilence noun archaic See plague (sense 1 of the noun ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pestilence

pestilence noun Londoners fled in time of pestilence: plague, bubonic plague, the Black Death; disease, contagious disease, contagion, infection, sickness, epidemic, pandemic; archaic the pest, lues.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pestilence

pes ti lence /péstɪləns /名詞 ｟かたく ｠1 U C 疫病, 悪疫 ; (特に )腺 （せん ）ペスト (bubonic plague ).2 C (道徳 公共などに対する )有害なもの, 弊害, 害悪 .