J. Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an American Farmer"

epidemical

ep·​i·​dem·​ic ˌe-pə-ˈde-mik 
Adjective
1
affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time
typhoid was epidemic
2
a
excessively prevalent
b
CONTAGIOUS sense 4
epidemic laughter
3
characterized by very widespread growth or extent of, relating to, or constituting an epidemic
the practice had reached epidemic proportions

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