Defn: Abounding, or infecting, with plagues; pestilential; as, plagueful exhalations.
PLAGUELESS
Plague"less, a.
Defn: Free from plagues or the plague.
PLAGUER
Pla"guer, n.
Defn: One who plagues or annoys.
PLAGUILY
Pla"gui*ly, adv.
Defn: In a plaguing manner; vexatiously; extremely. [Colloq.]
"Ronsard is so plaguily stiff and stately." Landor.
PLAGUY
Pla"guy, a.
Defn: Vexatious; troublesome; tormenting; as, a plaguy horse.
[Colloq.] Also used adverbially; as, "He is so plaguy proud." Shak.
PLAICE Plaice, n. Etym: [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zoöl.) (a) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. (b) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also plaise.] Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] B. Jonson.