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pestiduct

/ˈpɛstidʌkt/

pestiduct noun: that which conveys contagion or infection.

Noun

pestiduct (plural pestiducts)

  1. (obsolete) That which conveys contagion or infection.
    • It [sickness] is an excuſe to them that are great, and pretend, & yet are loth to come; it is an inhibition to thoſe vvho vvould truly come, becauſe they may be made inſtruments, and peſtiducts, to the infectiõ [infection] of others, by their cõming.1624, John Donne, “5. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, page 94

Forms of pestiduct

pluralpestiducts

Origin of pestiduct

From pesti- + -duct.

Questions about pestiduct

What does pestiduct mean?
Pestiduct means that which conveys contagion or infection.
What part of speech is pestiduct?
Pestiduct is a noun.
How do you pronounce pestiduct?
Pestiduct is pronounced /ˈpɛstidʌkt/.
What is the plural of pestiduct?
The plural of pestiduct is pestiducts.

Words near pestiduct in the dictionary

  1. pesthouses
  2. pesticidal
  3. pesticidally
  4. pesticide
  5. pesticides
  6. pestiduct
  7. pestiducts
  8. pestiferous
  9. pestiferously
  10. pestiferousness
  11. pestification

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