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pox

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/pɑks/(US)

Definition of pox

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)A disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks.
  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A curse.
    “a pox on all their houses”
    “A pox on him, he's a cat still.”

verb

  1. (dated, transitive)To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
    “Jack had a moſt ſcandalous tongue, and perſuaded Peg that all mankind, beſides himſelf, were pox'd by that ſcarlet-faced whore, †Signiora Bubonia. “As for his brother Lord Peter, the tokens were evident on him, blotches, ſcabs, and the corona. […]””

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Etymology

From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock. The curse sense involves metonymy: wishing a literal pox upon someone is the original form of pox-relevant curse, and the word pox itself also came to mean curse.

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