I. ˈblīt noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1578
1.
a. : a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (as leaves and tubers)
b. : an organism (as an insect or a fungus) that causes blight
2. : something that frustrates plans or hopes
3. : something that impairs or destroys
4. : a deteriorated condition
urban blight
II. verb
Date: 1664
transitive verb
1. : to affect (as a plant) with blight
2. : to impair the quality or effect of
the condition that has blight ed his son's life — Patricia Guthrie
intransitive verb
: to suffer from or become affected with blight