blight

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • To affect with blight; to blast; to prevent the growth and fertility of.
  • To suffer blight.
  • To spoil, ruin, or destroy (something).

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Origin

  • Uncertain, however given that it was used at one point to refer to inflammation of the skin , quite possibly from Middle English *bleighte, *bleȝte, from Old English blǣcþa (related to Old English blǣċo and blǣċe); or from Old Norse blikna. Related to bleak.

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