Murrain
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Murrain
Noun
- Infectious disease; pestilence, plague; sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.
- A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution; a plague.
- Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
"water murrain"
- An infectious disease affecting plants.
"potato murrain"
- A poor-quality green-salted animal hide. Death, especially from an infectious disease. Rotting flesh, especially of an animal which has died from a disease; carrion.
Adjective
- Disgusting or offensive, as if having an infectious disease; contemptible, despicable, loathsome, plaguey.
- Used as an intensifier: to a great extent; extreme, intense.
Adverb
- Used as an intensifier: extremely, very.
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