PEST


Meaning of PEST in English

n. 1 a troublesome or annoying person or thing; a nuisance. 2 a destructive animal, esp. an insect which attacks crops, livestock, etc. 3 archaic a pestilence; a plague. pest-house hist. a hospital for sufferers from the plague etc.

[ F peste or L pestis plague ]

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