Pest

Definitions

1. One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
   historical
2. A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
   archaic
3. The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the eastern side of the Danube.
4. Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
5. A county in central Hungary, surrounding Budapest.
6. An annoying person, a nuisance.
7. An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
8. An invasive weed.

Equivalents

Examples

“From the perspective of traditional Chinese culture, pests and famines are reflections of the current administration’s lack of moral values and deviation from divine will. The head of the administration (the emperor in the past) would then issue⟳ an edict to sincerely repent and correct⟳ his wrongdoings.”

“On a drizzly mid-January evening, I stood at the arches of the wall of Buda Castle, overlooking the Danube and the 19th-century Chain Bridge that links Buda with Pest.”

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