plague-ridden English

Meaning plague-ridden meaning

What does plague-ridden mean?

plague-ridden adjective

— (of a place or community) Experiencing an epidemic or epidemics of bubonic plague or another illness.

— (of a time) During which there is an epidemic or epidemics of bubonic plague or another illness.

— (of a person, animal, body or object) Infected with or suffering from bubonic plague or another epidemic illness.