Definitions
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
Word origin
In the 16th century in the sense of "pestilence" and specifically bubonic plague from Middle French peste (“pestilence”) (whence French peste). The other meanings are recorded soon after. Ultimately from Latin pestis.
Used in a sentence
“On a drizzly mid-January evening, I stood at the arches of the wall of Buda Castle, overlooking the Danube and the 19th-century Chain Bridge that links Buda with Pest.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Annoying nuisance”4 letters
02“Nuisance”4 letters
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