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pest |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pest \Pest\, n. [L. pestis: cf F. peste.] 1. A fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague. England's sufferings by that scourge, the pest. --Cowper. 2. Anything which resembles a pest; one who or that which is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance. ``A pest and public enemy.'' --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pest n : a persistently annoying person [syn: {blighter}, {cuss}, {pesterer}, {gadfly}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms 13 March 2001 [vera]: PEST Parameter Estimation by Sequential Testing
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