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† epidemy Obs.
Forms: 5 epi-, epydemye, impe-, ipydymye, ipedemye, 8–9 epidemy.
[a. OF. ypidime, impidemie, Fr. épidemie, ad. late L. epidemia, epidimia, Gr. ἐπιδηµία prevalence of an epidemic, f. ἐπιδήµι-ος, f. ἐπί + δῆµος people.]
An epidemic disease, esp. the plague. Also attrib.
1472Sir J. Paston in Paston Lett. No. 703 III. 59 Many off the sowders that went to hym into Bretayne been dede off the fflyxe, and other ipedemye. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 22/1 A grete pestelence whiche was called the botch of impedymye. 1494Fabyan v. cxxxv. 121 In the yere folowyng dyed of the epedemye sikenesse, the holy abbesse of Ely. Ibid. vii. 612 And there also they dyed sore of y⊇ sykenesse of ipydymye. 1809State Paper in Ann. Reg. 853/2 However this destructive epidemy originated. 1809Pearson in Phil. Trans. XCIX. 321 That constant epidemy of the British islands, the winter chronical pneumonia.
fig.1813Examiner 15 Feb. 103/1 We discover this withering epidemy. |