Associations to the word «Pesthouse»

Wiktionary

PESTHOUSE, noun. An establishment which provides shelter and/or care to sufferers of pestilence or other contagious infections

Dictionary definition

PESTHOUSE, noun. Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats