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plague
English
Etymology
From Middle English plage, borrowed from Old French plage, from Latin pl?ga (“blow, wound”), from plang? (“to strike”). Cognate with Middle Dutch pl?ghe (> Dutch plaag), pl?ghen (> Dutch plagen); Middle Low German pl?ge; Middle High German pl?ge, pfl?ge (> German Plage); pl?gen (> German plagen); Swedish plåga; French plaie, Occitan plaga. Doublet of plaga. Displaced native Old English w?l.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pl?g, IPA(key): /ple??/, [p?l?e??]
- Rhymes: -e??
Noun
plague (countable and uncountable, plural plagues)
- (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- (pathology) An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
- A widespread affliction, calamity or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
- (figuratively) A grave nuisance, whatever greatly irritates.
- Collective noun for common grackles
Synonyms
- pest, pestilence
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
plague (third-person singular simple present plagues, present participle plaguing, simple past and past participle plagued)
- (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
- (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.
Derived terms
- plagued
- plaguer
Translations
Spanish
Verb
plague
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of plagar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of plagar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of plagar.
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vex
English
Etymology
From Middle English vexen, from Old French vexer, from Latin v?x?re (“disturb, agitate, annoy”). Displaced native Middle English grillen (“to vex, annoy”) from Old English grillan. Doublet of quake.
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?ks, IPA(key): /v?ks/
- Rhymes: -?ks
Verb
vex (third-person singular simple present vexes, present participle vexing, simple past and past participle vexed or (archaic) vext)
- (transitive, now rare) To trouble aggressively, to harass.
- (transitive) To annoy, irritate.
- (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.
- (transitive, rare) To twist, to weave.
- some English wool, vexed in a Belgian loom
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be irritated; to fret.
- 1613, George Chapman, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois
- Wake when thou would'st wake, fear nought, vex for nought
- 1613, George Chapman, The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois
- (transitive) To toss back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:vex.
Synonyms
- (to annoy): agitate, irk, irritate
- (to cause mental suffering): afflict, grame, torment
Derived terms
Related terms
- quake
- vexatious
Translations
Noun
vex (plural vexes)
- (Scotland, obsolete) A trouble.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “vex”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
vex
- Alternative form of wax (“wax”)
Etymology 2
Verb
vex
- Alternative form of vexen
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