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black plague

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
black- -plague
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Black Death.

Etymology

A modiciation of English Black Death, ultimately a partial calque of Danish den sorte død, sortedød and Swedish svarta döden, svartedöden (literally “black death”) since the 18th century, from Old Danish and Old Swedish, first attested in Swedish swarta dödhen (1540), svarthe döden (1555), then as a historical term; compare Norwegian svartedauden, Norwegian svartedauen.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

the Black Plague (canonical)

Synonyms

black death

Questions

What does black plague mean?
The Black Death.
Where does black plague come from?
A modiciation of English Black Death, ultimately a partial calque of Danish den sorte død, sortedød and Swedish svarta döden, svartedöden (literally “black death”) since the 18th century, from Old Danish and Old Swedish, first attested in Swedish swarta dödhen (1540), svarthe döden (1555), then as a historical term; compare Norwegian svartedauden, Norwegian svartedauen.

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