plague pneumonia
noun
Simple meaning
A rapidly progressive and often fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈpleɪɡnumoʊnjə
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Definition
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noun
A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
This meaning: A rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever
Used this way, plague pneumonia is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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