CONTAGION, CONTAGIOUS
ADJECTIVES
► LATCHING infectious, contagious, catching → 1790 Eng. dial.
► SMITTING infectious; contagious → 1450 chiefly Eng. dial.
► SMITTLE infectious; contagious; easily transmitted; said of a disease or infestation → 1583 chiefly Eng. dial.
► SMITTLING infectious; contagious → 1845 chiefly Eng. dial.
► SMITTLISH infectious; contagious; of a place: liable to be a source of infection → 1787 chiefly Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► SMITTLE infection, contagion → 1838 Eng. dial.
► SMITTLING infection, contagion → 1625 Eng. dial.
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