"Plague" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Pest lienee; a contagious and malignant fever
Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass.
An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in
Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of
Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great
London plague.
To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural
evil of any kind.
That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity;
any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation.
Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse.
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Pest-bearing; pestilential; noxious to health; malignant; infectious; contagious; as, pestiferous bodies.
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