Both Uses
pestilence
in
Romeo and Juliet
(Edited)
- Suspecting that we both were in a house
Where the infectious pestilence did reign,
Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth;Scene 5.2 * - Suspecting that we both were in a house
Where the infectious pestilence did reign,
Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth;p. 217.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(pestilence) widespread disease (usually severe); or any severely harmful or evil influence that is hard to get rid of
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)