pox

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /pɑks/

Noun

pox

1. A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
2. Syphilis.
3. (figurative) 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.

Translations

• Russian: о́спа

Verb

pox (poxes, present participle poxing; past and past participle poxed)

1. (transitive, dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.

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