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plaguing
We have found lemma(root) word of plaguing : plague.
Definitions
[pleɪɡ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague)
- an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage
(e.g: a plague of locusts)
- a thing causing trouble or irritation
(e.g: staff theft is usually the plague of restaurants)
Phrases:
Origin
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late Middle English: Latin plaga ‘stroke, wound’, probably from Greek (Doric dialect) plaga, from a base meaning ‘strike’
[pleɪɡ], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cause continual trouble or distress to
(e.g: he has been plagued by ill health)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Middle English: Latin plaga ‘stroke, wound’, probably from Greek (Doric dialect) plaga, from a base meaning ‘strike’
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