Contagioned

/kənˈteɪdʒənd/ adjective

Definition

Infected or affected by contagion; contaminated by disease or a spreading influence.

Etymology

From 'contagion' plus the past participle suffix '-ed'. This is an archaic or literary form, rarely used in modern English compared to the simpler 'contagious' or 'infected.'

Kelly Says

Using 'contagioned' sounds Shakespearean and dramatic—writers of that era loved this form because it made disease sound like something that could be 'done to' a person, emphasizing victimhood and fate.

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