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plaguy, a. (adv.)|ˈpleɪgɪ|
Also 6 plagy, -ie, 6–7 -uie, 7–9 -uey.
[f. plague n. + -y.]
1. Of the nature of or pertaining to a or the plague; pestiferous, pestilential, pernicious. Also fig. Now rare or arch.
1574tr. Marlorat's Apocalips 116 Nothing..can be imagined more plagie and more deadly, than the doctrine of the Schoole diuines concerning..vncertentie of saluation. 1763Mackenzie in Phil. Trans. LIV. 75 He had many plaguy symptoms, as buboes, carbuncles, &c. 1888Besant Eulogy R. Jefferies 2 Thou shalt be afflicted with grievous plaguy diseases.
b. Infected or afflicted with the plague; plague-stricken. Now rare or Obs.
1604T. Wright Passions iv. ii. §7. 139 Many physitians will scarce aduenture to deale with plaguie patients. 1613Jackson Creed ii. vii. §4 To make no question whether he should meete his friend in a plaguie house. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies iii. i. 389 New Diseases..which have broke out..into this Plaguy Age. 1766Nat. Hist. in Ann. Reg. 101/1, I never was afraid to go into any large house, wherein a plaguy person lived, provided that he was confined to one room.
2. That is a plague; that causes severe affliction.
1598Queen Elizabeth Boeth., etc. 122 If plagy wilz ther be that noyful ar. 1663Butler Hud. i. iii. 3 What plaguy Mischiefs and Mishaps Do dog him still. 1727Gay Begg. Op. ii. iv, They make charming mistresses but plaguy wives. 1827Scott Jrnl. 16 Jan., I felt no increase of my plaguey malady [rheumatism]. 1868Gladstone Juv. Mundi xiii. (1870) 483 Nine days of bad or plaguy winds [olooi anemoi] bring him to the land of the Lotos-Eaters.
b. In weakened sense: That ‘plagues’, troubles, or annoys one; vexatious, troublesome, annoying, disagreeable; hence colloq. as an expression of dislike or impatience, sinking into an (impatient or ill-natured) intensive: = ‘pestilent’, ‘confounded’, excessive, exceeding, very great.
1615Rowlands Melanc. Knt. 34 The Dragon had a plaguy hide, And could the sharpest steele abide. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. lxiv. 254 Women that have a plaguy deal of Religion. 1775Sheridan Duenna iii. vi, A plaguy while coming. 1806in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. X. 217 I'd a plaguey deal rather be a butcher than a calf! 1855Haliburton Nat. & Hum. Nat. I. 209, I like it a plaguy sight better than hot rooms. 1879Punch 17 May 222 That will mean a plaguy rise in the price of everything.
B. as adv. = plaguily. Usually indicating a degree of some quality that troubles one by its excess; but sometimes humorous, or merely forcibly intensive. colloq.
1584R. W. Three Ladies Lond. in Hazl. Dodsley VI. 298 If we can speak fair and 'semble, we shall be plaguy rich. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. ii. iii. 187 He is so plaguy proud. 1623Fletcher Rule a Wife i. ii, She walked plaguy fast. 1697I. D. in Tutchin Search Honesty A ij, To Seek a Thing, so Plaguy hard to Find. 1741Richardson Pamela (1824) I. xxiv. 276 I'm a plaguy good-humoured old fellow. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge xxxv, There..were..some plaguy ill-looking characters among them. 1884Pae Eustace 88 You've been a plaguy long time in coming. |