"pest" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɛst/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pest.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-pest.wav Forms: pests [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛst Etymology: In the 16th century in the sense of "pestilence" and specifically bubonic plague from Middle French peste (“pestilence”) (whence French peste). The other meanings are recorded soon after. Ultimately from Latin pestis. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|peste|t=pestilence}} Middle French peste (“pestilence”), {{cog|fr|peste}} French peste, {{der|en|la|pestis}} Latin pestis Head templates: {{en-noun}} pest (plural pests)
  1. (now rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague. Tags: archaic Translations (plague): чума (čuma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pesta [feminine] (Catalan), plaga [feminine] (Catalan), pla [masculine] (Cornish), plag [masculine] (Cornish), pest (Dutch), plaag (Dutch), peste (French), Seuche [feminine] (German), Pest [feminine] (German), πανούκλα (panoúkla) [feminine] (Greek), μάστιγα (mástiga) [feminine] (Greek), πληγή (pligí) [feminine] (Greek), λοιμός (loimós) [masculine] (Greek), pes (Indonesian), plá [feminine] (Irish), чу́ма (čúma) [feminine] (Macedonian), طاعون (taʼun) (Ottoman Turkish), plaga [feminine] (Polish), zaraza [feminine] (Polish), epidemia [feminine] (Polish), peste [feminine] (Portuguese), pestă [feminine] (Romanian), чума́ (čumá) [feminine] (Russian), мор (mor) [masculine] (Russian), plàigh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), peste [feminine] (Spanish), pestilencia [feminine] (Spanish), epidemia [feminine] (Spanish), pest [common-gender] (Swedish), angol (Tagalog), taping (english: animal) (Tagalog), pesse (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-pest-en-noun-fh939Xgq Disambiguation of 'plague': 59 3 16 16 6
  2. Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest. Translations (destructive insect): վնասատու (vnasatu) (Armenian), վնասատու կենդանի (vnasatu kendani) (Armenian), ուտիճ (utič) (Armenian), шко́днік (škódnik) [masculine] (Belarusian), вредител (vreditel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pla [masculine] (Cornish), skadedyr (Danish), pest (Dutch), plaag (Dutch), kahjur (Estonian), tuhoeläin (Finnish), peste [feminine] (French), nuisible [masculine] (French), მავნებელი (mavnebeli) (Georgian), Schädling [masculine] (German), meindýr [neuter] (Icelandic), parassita [masculine] (Italian), штеточина (štetočina) [feminine] (Macedonian), orotā (Maori), kīrearea (Maori), skadedyr [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), skadedyr [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), szkodnik [masculine] (Polish), insekt [masculine] (Polish), peste [feminine] (Portuguese), вреди́тель (vredítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), errebiu [masculine] (Sardinian), plàigh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), štetòčina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), štȅtnīk [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skadedjur [neuter] (Swedish), haşere (Turkish), шкідни́к (škidnýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), minimil (Volapük), dämabanim (english: animal) (Volapük), dämabanimil [diminutive] (Volapük), dämabanäsäk (english: insect) (Volapük), dämabaplan (english: plant) (Volapük)
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  3. An annoying person, a nuisance. Translations (annoying person): досадник (dosadnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), mab an pla [masculine] (Cornish), myrgh an pla [feminine] (Cornish), plage (Danish), plageånd (Danish), pestilens (Danish), lastpak [neuter] (Dutch), maanvaiva (Finnish), kiusankappale (Finnish), kiusanhenki (Finnish), peste [feminine] (French), Nervensäge [feminine] (German), Quälgeist [masculine] (German), ζιζάνιο (zizánio) [neuter] (Greek), crá croí [masculine] (Irish), orotā (Maori), nanakia (Maori), pōrearea (Maori), doo yildinii (Navajo), Onjenieech [neuter] (Plautdietsch), Ploag [feminine] (Plautdietsch), utrapieniec [masculine] (Polish), peste [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), вреди́тель (vredítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), парази́т (parazít) [masculine] (Russian), plàigh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), dosadnjáković [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), dosàdnjāk [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), moscardón [masculine] (Spanish)
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  4. An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
    Sense id: en-pest-en-noun-HWKteMyd
  5. An invasive weed.
    Sense id: en-pest-en-noun-nGhNaDag
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (creature): bug Derived forms: building and pest, chicken pest, fowl pest, garden pest, integrated pest management, pest control, pest controller, serial pest, sex pest, tin pest Related terms: pester, pesting, pesthole, pesthouse, pesticidal, pesticide, pestiferous, pestilence, pestilent, pestilential
Disambiguation of 'creature': 4 4 46 41 5

Inflected forms

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      "word": "fowl pest"
    },
    {
      "word": "garden pest"
    },
    {
      "word": "integrated pest management"
    },
    {
      "word": "pest control"
    },
    {
      "word": "pest controller"
    },
    {
      "word": "serial pest"
    },
    {
      "word": "sex pest"
    },
    {
      "word": "tin pest"
    }
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      ]
    }
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    },
    {
      "word": "pesting"
    },
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      "word": "pesthole"
    },
    {
      "word": "pesthouse"
    },
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      "word": "pesticidal"
    },
    {
      "word": "pesticide"
    },
    {
      "word": "pestiferous"
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    {
      "word": "pestilence"
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    {
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    }
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          "text": "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.",
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          "plague"
        ]
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        "(now rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague."
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
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      ],
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        [
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          "destructive"
        ]
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "annoy"
        ],
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          "nuisance",
          "nuisance"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "parasite",
          "parasite"
        ],
        [
          "vermin",
          "vermin"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An invasive weed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "invasive",
          "invasive"
        ],
        [
          "weed",
          "weed"
        ]
      ]
    }
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        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
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      "sense": "creature",
      "word": "bug"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čuma",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чума"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pesta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pla"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plag"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plague",
      "word": "pest"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plague",
      "word": "plaag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plague",
      "word": "peste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Seuche"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pest"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "panoúkla",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πανούκλα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mástiga",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μάστιγα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pligí",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πληγή"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "loimós",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "λοιμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "plague",
      "word": "pes"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plá"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čúma",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чу́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "taʼun",
      "sense": "plague",
      "word": "طاعون"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plaga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zaraza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epidemia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pestă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čumá",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чума́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mor",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мор"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plàigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peste"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pestilencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "epidemia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "plague",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "pest"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "plague",
      "word": "angol"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "english": "animal",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "plague",
      "word": "taping"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "plague",
      "word": "pesse"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vnasatu",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "վնասատու"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "vnasatu kendani",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "վնասատու կենդանի"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "utič",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "ուտիճ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "škódnik",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шко́днік"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vreditel",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вредител"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pla"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "skadedyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "pest"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "plaag"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "kahjur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "tuhoeläin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nuisible"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mavnebeli",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "მავნებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schädling"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "meindýr"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parassita"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "štetočina",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "штеточина"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "orotā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "kīrearea"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skadedyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skadedyr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szkodnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "insekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vredítelʹ",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вреди́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "sc",
      "lang": "Sardinian",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "errebiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plàigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "štetòčina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "štȅtnīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skadedjur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "haşere"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "škidnýk",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шкідни́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "minimil"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "animal",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "dämabanim"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ],
      "word": "dämabanimil"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "insect",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "dämabanäsäk"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "english": "plant",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "destructive insect",
      "word": "dämabaplan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dosadnik",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "досадник"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mab an pla"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "myrgh an pla"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "word": "plage"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "word": "plageånd"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "word": "pestilens"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lastpak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "word": "maanvaiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "word": "kiusankappale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "word": "kiusanhenki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peste"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nervensäge"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quälgeist"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "zizánio",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ζιζάνιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crá croí"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "word": "orotā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "word": "nanakia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "word": "pōrearea"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "word": "doo yildinii"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Onjenieech"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ploag"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "utrapieniec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "peste"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vredítelʹ",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вреди́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "parazít",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парази́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "plàigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dosadnjáković"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dosàdnjāk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "annoying person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "moscardón"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pest"
}

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