contagious

Adjektivhäufig in Dialogen

//kənˈteɪ.d͡ʒəs//

Easily transmitted to others.

Adjektiv

1
Easily transmitted to others.
Last year's flu strain was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
2
übertragenEasily passed on to others.
contagious enthusiasm; infectious laughter
Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
The taverns of our ancestors would ill bear contrasting with the clubs of to-day; but many a gay midnight was past in the former:—midnights, whose mirth has descended even to us; half the jests, whose gaiety is still contagious; half the epigrams, whose point is yet felt, were born of those brief and brilliant hours.
Cause love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is contagious, when it's alright / Love is alright
3
Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people.
4
Contiguous.
In Agypt's land contaygious to the Nile / Old Pharao's daughter went to bathe in style,

Herkunft

From Old French contagieus, from Late Latin contagiosus, from contagio.

Formen

Komparativ: more contagious
Superlativ: most contagious

consuming · Holding one's attention or interest.consumption · The act of eating, drinking or using.contact · The act of touching physically; being in close association.

contagious · Easily transmitted to others.

contain · To hold inside.contained · Restricted in space.container · Someone who contains; something that contains. An item in…

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