epizooty

[ ep-uh-zoh-uh-tee ]

noun

, plural ep·i·zo·o·ties.

1. epizootic.

Word History and Origins

Origin of epizooty¹

First recorded in 1775–85; epizoot(ic) + -y ³

Example Sentences

From the 1st to the 15th July a typhus epizooty broke out among the large horned cattle in the districts of Ilfov, Jassy, Bolgrad, Falcin, Buzeo, and Roman, which still continues, but is on the decrease.

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And then, right on top of the whole caboodle, here comes the panic in the banks, and the epizooty 'mongst the cattle.

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Jones said that horse hadn't the epizooty, but the botts, and that the turpentine ought to have been rubbed on the outside of him instead of going into his stomach.

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Patrick said it was the epizooty, and he mixed him up some turpentine in a bucket of warm feed.

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