Definitions
annoy continually or chronically
Word origin
From Middle English plage, borrowed from Old French plage, from Latin plāga (“blow, wound”), from plangō (“to strike”). Cognate with Middle Dutch plāghe (> Dutch plaag), plāghen (> Dutch plagen); Middle Low German plāge; Middle High German plāge, pflāge (> German Plage); plāgen (> German plagen); Swedish plåga; French plaie, Occitan plaga. Doublet of plaga. Displaced native Old English wōl.
Used in a sentence
“Great plagues, such as the bubonic plague or smallpox or syphilis or influenza, can happen again.”
“Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.”
“A plague a both the Houſes, I am sped: / Is he gone and hath nothing?”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Serious outbreak”6 letters
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