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CONTAGIOUS meaning : 1. A contagious disease can be caught by touching someone who has the disease or by touching an…. Learn more. Master the word " CONTAGIOUS " in English: definitions, translations, synonyms, pronunciations, examples, and grammar insights - all in one complete resource. You should probably postpone dinner if your date's cold is contagious — that means it's easily spread and likely to get you sick. Contagious actually evolved from contagio, the Latin phrase for “contact." contagious The literal meaning —spread by touch or direct contact—has given way to a looser usage and the term is now used simply to mean ‘infectious’. Chickenpox, once thought contagious is now known to be spread by droplets; the common cold, once thought to be spread by droplets is now known to be literally contagious .
