blastment

English

Etymology

blast +‎ -ment

Noun

blastment (plural blastments)

1. (archaic) A sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

     And in the morn and liquid dew of youth
     Contagious blastments are most imminent.