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pest
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[pɛst], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc.
(e.g: the tomato plant attracts a pest called whitefly)
- an annoying person or thing; a nuisance
(e.g: he was a real pest)
- bubonic plague
Phrases:
Origin
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late 15th century (denoting the bubonic plague): from French peste or Latin pestis ‘plague’
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