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Word entry · 9 letters

contagion

Best crossword clue

"Disease spread"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /kənˈteɪd͡ʒən/Part of speech nounSorted acginnootStarts with CEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2O3N4T5A6G7I8O9N

Definitions

  1. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people

Word origin

From Middle English (late 14th century), from Old French, from Latin contāgiō (“a touching, contact, contagion”) related to contingō (“touch closely”).

Used in a sentence

  • And it was German procrastination that aggravated the Greek crisis and caused the contagion that turned it into an existential crisis for Europe.

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