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Lues

//ˈluːiːz// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    plural of Lue form-of, plural
Noun
  1. 1
    A plague or disease, especially syphilis. dated, uncountable

    "And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is— / Their real lues, or our pseudo-syphilis?"

  2. 2
    a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of lue form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin lues (“plague”).

Etymology 2

See lue.

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