contagious (/kənˈteɪ.dʒəs/)
adjective · Advanced · Emotions & Feelings
🔊 /kənˈteɪ.dʒəs/
Meaning
Meaning: spreading easily from person to person
Something contagious spreads easily between people, whether a disease or, figuratively, an emotion or idea. Enthusiasm can be contagious.
Examples
🗣 Her enthusiasm was wonderfully contagious.
Etymology
From Latin ‘contagiosus’, from ‘contingere’, meaning to touch.
How & Where It’s Used
Used for emotions and ideas that spread between people.
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