In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
pest
(noun) any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; “he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests”; “many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides”
pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly
(noun) a persistently annoying person
plague, pestilence, pest
(noun) any epidemic disease with a high death rate
plague, pestilence, pest, pestis
(noun) a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Pest
(historical) One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
Coordinate terms: Buda, Ă“buda
The corresponding part of the current-day Budapest, on the eastern side of the Danube.
Coordinate term: Buda
• EPTs, ESTP, PETs, STEP, Sept, Sept., TPEs, Teps, pets, sept, sept-, spet, step, step-
pest (plural pests)
(originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic
Any destructive insect or caterpillar that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
An annoying person, a nuisance.
An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
An invasive weed.
• (creature): bug
• EPTs, ESTP, PETs, STEP, Sept, Sept., TPEs, Teps, pets, sept, sept-, spet, step, step-
Source: Wiktionary
Pest, n. Etym: [L. pestis: cf. F. peste.]
1. A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague. England's sufferings by that scourge, the pest. Cowper.
2. Anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance. "A pest and public enemy." South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 May 2024
(verb) be in a state of movement or action; “The room abounded with screaming children”; “The garden bristled with toddlers”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.