CONTAGIOUS


Meaning of CONTAGIOUS in English

adj.1 a (of a person) likely to transmit disease by contact. b (of a disease) transmitted in this way.

2 (of emotions, reactions, etc.) likely to affect others (contagious enthusiasm).

Phrases and idioms:

contagious abortion brucellosis of cattle.

Derivatives:

contagiously adv. contagiousness n.

Etymology: ME f. LL contagiosus (as contagion)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.