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[pest] 
| 1. | an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance. |
| 2. | an insect or other small animal that harms or destroys garden plants, trees, etc. |
| 3. | a deadly epidemic disease, esp. a plague; pestilence. |
1545–55; < L pestis plague
1. annoyance. 3. pandemic, scourge, epidemic.
Bu⋅da⋅pest
[boo-duh-pest, boo-duh-pest; Hung. boo-do-pesht] | a city in and the capital of Hungary, in the central part, on the Danube River: formed 1873 from two cities on the W bank of the Danube (Buda and Obuda) and one on the E bank (Pest). 2,070,966. |
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| pest (pěst) n.
[French peste, pestilence, from Old French, from Latin pestis.] |
| Pest (pěst, pěsht) A former town of north-central Hungary on the left bank of the Danube River. Since 1873 it has been part of Budapest. |
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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.Cite This Source
pest
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Main Entry: pest
Pronunciation: 'pest
Function: noun
1 : an epidemic disease associated with high mortality; specifically :
2 : something resembling a pest in destructiveness; especially : a plant or animaldetrimental to humans or human concerns —pesty /'pes-tE/ adjective
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pest (pěst)
n.
- An injurious plant or animal, especially one harmful to humans.
- A deadly epidemic disease; a pestilence.
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Pest
megye (county), central Hungary. It borders Slovakia to the north and the counties of Nograd and Heves to the northeast, Jasz-Nagykun-Szolnok to the east, Bacs-Kiskun to the south, and Komarom-Esztergom and Fejer to the west. Pest is by far the most-populous and most-industrialized county in Hungary. Budapest, the national capital, is the county seat despite being administratively independent. The majority of county-level institutions are located in Budapest, and only a few operate outside the city boundaries: notably, the cultural centre and the museum directorate in Szentendre, the county hospital in Kistarcsa, and the social security directorate in Cegled. The population of Pest county, due to its 18th-century resettlement, is of diverse origins. Besides a Hungarian majority, there are significant ethnic German, Slovakian, Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, and Roma (Gypsy) communities
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