pestiduct

English

Etymology

From Latin pestis (“pest”) + ductus (“a leading”), from ducere (“to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛstidʌkt/

Noun

pestiduct (plural pestiducts)

1. (obsolete) That which conveys contagion or infection.
   • 1624, John Donne, “5. Meditation”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, page 94:

     It [sickness] is an excuſe to them that are great, and pretend, & yet are loth to come; it is an inhibition to thoſe vvho vvould truly come, becauſe they may be made inſtruments, and peſtiducts, to the infectiõ [infection] of others, by their cõming.

References

“pestiduct”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.