The Only Use of
pestilence
in
Jane Eyre
- That forest-dell, where Lowood lay, was the cradle of fog and fog-bred pestilence; which, quickening with the quickening spring, crept into the Orphan Asylum, breathed typhus through its crowded schoolroom and dormitory, and, ere May arrived, transformed the seminary into an hospital.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
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(pestilence) widespread disease (usually severe); or any severely harmful or evil influence that is hard to get rid of