epizooty
Americannoun
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epizooties
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of epizooty
First recorded in 1775–85; epizoot(ic) + -y 3
Example Sentences
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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.
From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Charles Heber Clark
And then, right on top of the whole caboodle, here comes the panic in the banks, and the epizooty 'mongst the cattle.
From Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches by Joel Chandler Harris
Patrick said it was the epizooty, and he mixed him up some turpentine in a bucket of warm feed.
From Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot by Charles Heber Clark
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