Infectiousness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The quality of being infectious: as, the infectiousness of a disease, of an evil example, or of mirth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality of being infectious.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state or condition of being infectious.
  • Word Usage
    "He had from time to time during his existence witnessed the so-called infectiousness of laughter, but never before had he participated in it."
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