murrain

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Egyptian cattle suffered a "murrain" -- with no apparent cause other than a divine curse.

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  1. noun Any of various highly infectious diseases of cattle, as anthrax.
  2. noun Obsolete A pestilence or dire disease.

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  1. Middle English moreine, from Old French morine, from Medieval Latin morina, from Latin morī, to die; see mer- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also murren; from Middle English murrin, morrein, from Middle English moreyne, moryn, from Old French morine = Spanish morriña = Portuguese morrinha = Italian moria, sickness among cattle, from Latin mori, die: see mort.
 

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/ˈmərən/
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