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contagiousness|kənˈteɪdʒəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The state or quality of being contagious (in the different senses of the word): a. lit.
1530Palsgr. 208/1 Contagiousnesse, infection. 1580Baret Alv. S 760 The contagiousnesse [vis morbi] of the disease did spread far abroad. 1594Plat Jewell-ho., Diuerse new Exp. §4 Howe to keepe..anie fowle or other peece of flesh sounde and sweete..notwithstanding the contagiousnesse of the weather. 1685Boyle Salubr. Air 93 Put a speedy stop, not only to the contagiousness, but to the malignity of the Plague. 1875Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. I. 468 No intelligent observer has yet doubted the contagiousness of typhus fever, small-pox, etc.
b. fig.
1541Barnes Wks. (1573) 363/2 Wherfore flye from such contagiousnesse of men and auoid their wordes as a cancar. 1547Homilies i. Contention i. (1859) 137 A railing tongue is a pestilence so full of contagiousness. 1648W. Mountague Devout Ess. 177 (T.) An excellent preservative against the contagiousness of sin. 1871Smiles Charac. i. 17 There is a contagiousness in every example of energetic conduct.
c. Ecology. = contagion 8.
1939J. Neyman in Ann. Math. Statistics X. 37 The cause of the contagiousness of the distribution of larvae in experimental plots is clear. 1949Ecology XXX. 202/1 The ratio of abundance to frequency is a relative measure of the degree of contagiousness of the distribution of any species. |