[pleɪɡ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and delirium, typically with the formation of buboes (bubonic plague) and sometimes infection of the lungs (pneumonic plague)

- an unusually large number of insects or animals infesting a place and causing damage
(e.g: a plague of locusts)

- a thing causing trouble or irritation
(e.g: staff theft is usually the plague of restaurants)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: Latin plaga ‘stroke, wound’, probably from Greek (Doric dialect) plaga, from a base meaning ‘strike’

[pleɪɡ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cause continual trouble or distress to
(e.g: he has been plagued by ill health)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: Latin plaga ‘stroke, wound’, probably from Greek (Doric dialect) plaga, from a base meaning ‘strike’