pox
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English pokkes, plural of the ancestor of pock (which see).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
pox (countable and uncountable, plural poxes)
- A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
- Syphilis.
- (figuratively) A curse.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act IV, scene 3
- A pox on him, he's a cat still.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, act IV, scene 3
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Translations[edit]
A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks
syphilis — see syphilis
Verb[edit]
pox (third-person singular simple present poxes, present participle poxing, simple past and past participle poxed)
- (transitive, dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
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pox
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