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adj
Easily transmitted to others.
Last year's flu strain was so contagious that everybody in town got sick!
Easily passed on to others.
contagious enthusiasm; infectious laughter
Wearing jeans was a contagious fad at that time.
Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
They were highly contagious, spreading bacteria to other people.
Contiguous.
In Agypt's land contaygious to the Nile / Old Pharao's daughter went to bathe in style,