Noun: plague
| Singular | plague |
| Plural | plagues |
Sample Sentences
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It was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, among the rest of my neighbours, heard in ordinary discourse that the plague was returned again in Holland[…] It mattered not from whence it came; but all agreed it was come into Holland again. [1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year:]
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Great plagues, such as the bubonic plague or smallpox or syphilis or influenza, can happen again. [2006, Irwin W. Sherman, chapter 17, in The Power of Plagues, →ISBN:]
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Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.
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A plague a both the Houſes, I am sped: / Is he gone and hath nothing? [c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 64:]
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Bart is an utter plague; his pranks never cease.
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"I'm not doing anything as far as that goes," admitted Tulloch. "In fact," he added ruefully, "that's the plague of it. I'm waiting to hear from a man who's waiting to hear from another man, and he's depending on something that may or mayn't, you understand." [1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:]
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This is the first time a President has attended this dinner in six years. It's understandable- we had a horrible plague, followed by two years of COVID! [2022 April 30, Joe Biden, 0:36 from the start, in President Biden complete remarks at 2022 White House Correspondents' Dinner (C-SPAN), Washington, D.C.: C-SPAN, archived from the original on 01 May 2022:]
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Plague of Grackles Reminiscent of Hitchcock's ‘The Birds' [October 31, 2017, Ben Russell, “Plague of Grackles Reminiscent of Hitchcock's ‘The Birds'”, in NBCDFW:]
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A plague of grackles hang out on wires on Friday, Dec. 16, 2022 in Houston. [2024 January 30, Shakari Briggs, “Have you seen big flocks of blackbirds crowd Texas parking lots? Here's why”, in Houston Chronicle:]
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A so-called "plague" of grackles outside the Hancock Center H-E-B. [April 1, 2016, Mose Buchele, Texas Standard:]
Nouns inflected like plague
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: Middle English Nouns '
plage', Latin Nouns '
plāga', Dutch Nouns '
plaag', German Nouns '
Plage', Swedish Nouns '
plåga', French Nouns '
plaie'.
Verbs referencing "plague"
French Nouns
plaie, Catalan Nouns
plaga, Italian Nouns
piaga.