pestiduct

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/ˈpɛstidʌkt/

noun

That which conveys contagion or infection.

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Meanings

nounpestiduct (plural pestiducts)

plural pestiducts

  1. obsoleteThat 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

Origin

From pesti- + -duct.

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Chicago

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