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pest

/ˈpest/PEST
/ˈpɛst/PEST

Meaninga plague

Common meaning: a destructive animal or nuisance

Journey through time

  1. Latinpestis, -is‘a plague, ruin’
  2. Frenchpeste
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa plague, ruin → a destructive animal or nuisancepest‘a destructive animal or nuisance’ · today

pest also in: pestilence

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin pestis ‘a plague, ruin’.

Roots

Related words

pestilence

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