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pest

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  • Regno Unito//pɛst//

Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.

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  1. 1

    arcaicoA pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.

    From the perspective of traditional Chinese culture, pests and famines are reflections of the current administration’s lack of moral values and deviation from divine will. The head of the administration (the emperor in the past) would then issue an edict to sincerely repent and correct his wrongdoings.

  2. 2

    Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.

  3. 3

    An annoying person, a nuisance.

  4. 4

    An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.

  5. 5

    An invasive weed.

Etimologia

In the 16th century in the sense of "pestilence" and specifically bubonic plague from Middle French peste (“pestilence”) (whence French peste). The other meanings are recorded soon after. Ultimately from Latin pestis.

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