Both Uses of
contagion
in
Harry Potter (#4) and the Goblet of Fire
- Rumors were flying from student to student like highly contagious germs: who was going to try for Hogwarts champion, what the tournament would involve, how the students from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang differed from themselves.†
Chpt 15 *
- The Hogwarts house-elves had now started edging away from Dobby, as though he were carrying something contagious.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(contagion) the spread of disease or any idea or attitude -- especially one that is harmful; or an instance of the thing that is spread -- such as a virus