pestiduct
English
Etymology
From Latin pestis (“pest”) + ductus (“a leading”), from ducere (“to lead”).
Noun
pestiduct (plural pestiducts)
- (obsolete) That which conveys contagion or infection.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pestiduct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)