"a pox on" meaning in All languages combined

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Interjection [English]

Etymology: Originally an expression of abuse to wish that someone develop pocks, that is to say, contract pox. Though pox can range from smallpox to chickenpox to cowpox to syphilis, this expression almost always referred to the last one, the Great Pox. Head templates: {{head|en|interjection}} a pox on
  1. (archaic, offensive) To express curses upon (somebody), when irked or wroth, as though wishing someone "a pox". Tags: archaic, offensive Synonyms: woe betide, fie upon, to hell with
    Sense id: en-a_pox_on-en-intj-4wx3mp0n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. (humorous, said alternatively with of) To hell with (abstract or unalive things). Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-a_pox_on-en-intj-2f9ktvkX
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          "ref": "1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:",
          "text": "A pox o' your throat, you bawling, blasphemous, incharitable dog!",
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        "To express curses upon (somebody), when irked or wroth, as though wishing someone \"a pox\"."
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        "(archaic, offensive) To express curses upon (somebody), when irked or wroth, as though wishing someone \"a pox\"."
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          "word": "woe betide"
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          "word": "fie upon"
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          "word": "to hell with"
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          "ref": "c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:",
          "text": "A pox of that jest! and I beshrew all shrows.",
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          "ref": "c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:",
          "text": "[…] A pox of drowning thyself!",
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        "(humorous, said alternatively with of) To hell with (abstract or unalive things)."
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          "text": "[…] A pox of drowning thyself!",
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      "word": "woe betide"
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      "word": "fie upon"
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