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Plague Spot

Definition: Plague Spot

Plague Spot

Noun

1. A spot on the skin characteristic of the plague.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: Plague Spot

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Inexpedience

Evil doer; bane; plague spot; (insalubrity); evil star, ill wind; hoodoo; Jonah; snake in the grass, skeleton in the closet; amari aliquid, thorn in the side.

Insalubrity

Noun: insalubrity; unhealthiness; Adjective:; nonnaturals; plague spot; malaria; (poison); death in the pot, contagion; toxicity.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Translation: Plague Spot

Language Translations for "plague spot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏موبوء, ‏مصاب بالطاعون. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

място където има холера, място където има чума, петно от чума, източник на развала, източник на зараза. (various references)

   

French

  

région pestiférée. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מוק" של שחיתות, מקום 'וע. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

pestisfolt, szégyenfolt (blemish, blot, blur, slur, spot, stain), rákfene. (various references)

   

Manx

  

ynnyd phlaihagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

agueplay otspay

   

Romanian

  

buboi de ciumã. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

зачумленная местность, источник заразы. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

ljaga (blemish, discredit, smirch, stain, stigma, taint). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

pestsmittad område, pesthärd (source of plague), pestböld (bubo). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

vebalı bölge, veba lekesi, sorunlu bölge (hot spot). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Plague Spot

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-o-p-p-s-t-u"

-1 letter: populates.

-2 letters: gluepots, outleaps, papulose, petalous, populate, stoppage.

-3 letters: apostle, appulse, gelatos, gestapo, gluepot, lappets, laptops, legatos, outages, outleap, papules, pasteup, pelotas, plagues, postage, potages, pulsate, pupates, putlogs, stopgap, stopple, topples, tupelos, upleaps, upleapt, upstage.

-4 letters: aglets, appels, apples, appose, aslope, galops, gaults, gelato, getups, gloats, glouts, gospel, lappet, laptop, legato, letups, loupes, osteal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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