infectious

1. a. Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices. Source: opted

2. a. Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing. Source: opted

3. a. Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture. Source: opted

4. a. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth. Source: opted

5. adj. caused by infection or capable of causing infection Source: wordnet

6. adj. easily spread Source: wordnet

7. adj. of or relating to infection Source: wordnet

8. 1. Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices. Where the infectious pestilence. Shak. 2. Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing. It [the court] is necessary for the polishing of manners . . . but it is infectious even to the best morals to live always in it. Dryden. 3. (Law) Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure and forfeiture. Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature. Kent. 4. Capable of being easily diffused or spread; sympathetic; readily communicated; as, infectious mirth. The laughter was so genuine as to be infectious. W. Black. Syn. -- See Contagious. Source: webster

9. Contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure andforfeiture.Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature. Kent. Source: adambom

10. j:100 s. caused by infection or capable of causing infection a. easily spread; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell a. of or relating to infection Source: ecdict

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