epidemic
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- epidemick (obsolete)
- epidemical (adjective) (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
From French épidémique, from épidémie, from Latin epidemia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιδήμιος (epidḗmios), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + δῆμος (dêmos, “people”). Surface analysis epi- (“on”) + demic (“of the people”).
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Noun[edit]
epidemic (plural epidemics)
- A widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population.
- (epidemiology) An occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.
- (figuratively) The spreading of an idea or belief amongst a population.
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 3, pages 98-99:
- Lord Avonleigh was at once liberated from his imprisonment, well prepared to be considered, and to consider himself, a martyr to the cause of loyalty; and as the services of the rich nobleman,...his claims to notice and favour were most graciously acknowledged. Accordingly, he returned to his seat in a little fever of royal devotedness—it was the fashionable epidemic; and who coming from Whitehall could be without it?
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Translations[edit]
widespread disease
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occurrence of such disease
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Adjective[edit]
epidemic (comparative more epidemic, superlative most epidemic)
- Like or having to do with an epidemic; widespread
- Epidemic hysteria occurred upon the incumbent’s reelection.
- 1852, Annals of influenza or epidemic catarrhal fever in Great Britain, page 76:
- [In] May, there was, at London and in its neighbourhood, a disease very epidemic, though not fatal, which had some time before been very prevalent both in Italy and Germany.
- 1986, Pyle, Gerald F., The Diffusion of Influenza: Patterns and Paradigms, →ISBN, page 123:
- The major reason for such an examination was to determine if any patterns uncovered seemed to be more epidemic than endemic.
- 2013, Allen, Frederick, A Decent, Orderly Lynching: The Montana Vigilantes, page 8:
- This was the stagecoach holdup, and while these encounters were not as epidemic as we like to remember, nonetheless there were numerous bands of "road agents" who lay by the roadside in wait for passengers.
Synonyms[edit]
- common, ubiquitous; see also Thesaurus:widespread
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like an epidemic
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Etymology[edit]
From French épidémique
Adjective[edit]
epidemic m or n (feminine singular epidemică, masculine plural epidemici, feminine and neuter plural epidemice)
Declension[edit]
Declension of epidemic
| singular | plural | ||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | epidemic | epidemică | epidemici | epidemice | ||
| definite | epidemicul | epidemica | epidemicii | epidemicele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | epidemic | epidemice | epidemici | epidemice | ||
| definite | epidemicului | epidemicei | epidemicilor | epidemicelor | |||
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