infect

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infect

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Borrowed from French infect, a learned borrowing from Latin īnfectus.

adjective infectă · infecți · infecte · infect

  1. masculine, neuter revolting, disgusting (about smells)
  2. masculine, neuter vile, loathsome (about humans)

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"infect." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/infect. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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infect. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/infect

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"infect." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/infect.

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@misc{infect_2026,
  title = {infect},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/infect},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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