Associations to the word «Murrain»

Wiktionary

MURRAIN, noun. (archaic) Plague, infectious disease, pestilence.
MURRAIN, noun. (now chiefly historical) (veterinary medicine) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle such as anthrax.

Dictionary definition

MURRAIN, noun. Any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King