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outbreak
English
Etymology
From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ?t?brecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- +? break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out; burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?tb?e?k/
- Hyphenation: out?break
Noun
outbreak (plural outbreaks)
- An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc.
- Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic.
- (figuratively) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
- There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.
- A sudden increase.
- There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.
- A geological layer that breaks out.
Synonyms
- (figurative outburst): outburst, tumult
Antonyms
- inbreak
Translations
Verb
outbreak (third-person singular simple present outbreaks, present participle outbreaking, simple past outbroke, past participle outbroken)
- (intransitive) To burst out.
- (intransitive) To break forth.
See also
- breakout
Anagrams
- break out, breakout, kabouter, outbrake
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pestilence
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin pestilentia (“plague”), from pestilens (“infected, unwholesome, noxious”); see pestilent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?st?l?n(t)s/, /?p?st?l?n(t)s/, /?p?stl?n(t)s/
Noun
pestilence (countable and uncountable, plural pestilences)
- Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 2, chapter 2
- "Take it, Christian dogs? take the palaces, the gardens, the mosques, the abode of our fathers - take plague with them; pestilence is the enemy we fly; if she be your friend, hug her to your bosoms. The curse of Allah is on Stamboul, share ye her fate?"
- 1949 - Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
- The snowshoe-rabbits build up through the years until they reach a climax when they seem to be everywhere; then with dramatic suddenness their pestilence falls upon them.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 2, chapter 2
- (archaic) Anything harmful to morals or public order.
Related terms
- pest
- pesticide
- pestilent
Translations
Further reading
- pestilence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- pestilence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Old French pestilence, borrowed from Latin pestilentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?s.ti.l??s/
Noun
pestilence f (plural pestilences)
- (archaic or literary) pest epidemic; pestilence
- extremely foul smell
- Synonyms: infection, puanteur
Derived terms
- pestilentiel
References
- “pestilence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Noun
pestilence f (oblique plural pestilences, nominative singular pestilence, nominative plural pestilences)
- pestilence (epidemic disease)
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