smittle
/ˈsmɪt(ə)l
/(also smittal)
adjective Scottish & Northern English
Contagious or infectious: he’s got a cough, and they say it’s smittle...
- I've a theory that fear is smittal.
- Either it's the season of the year or else hiking is proving as smittal as SARS.
- You're not to be feart of the scabs; the doctor assured us they're not smittal.
Origin
Late 16th century: from the dialect verb smit 'to infect, affect by contagion', related to smite.