"pox" meaning in English

See pox in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɑks/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pox.wav Forms: poxes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒks Etymology: From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pocke}} Middle English pocke Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pox (countable and uncountable, plural poxes)
  1. A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Diseases, Viral diseases Translations (A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks): шарка (šarka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), buba [feminine] (Catalan), (dòu) (Chinese Mandarin), rokko (Finnish), rokkotauti (Finnish), vérole [feminine] (French), variole [feminine] (French), petite vérole [feminine] (French), ruikko (Ingrian), 痘瘡 (mogasa) (Japanese), variola [feminine] (Latin), آبله (âbele) (Persian), ospa [feminine] (Polish), о́спа (óspa) (Russian), boginje [plural] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-pox-en-noun-mzB53KdD Disambiguation of Diseases: 71 6 6 17 Disambiguation of Viral diseases: 70 6 6 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 3 3 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 6 6 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 77 5 5 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 4 4 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 77 5 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 77 5 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 5 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 4 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 79 6 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 81 4 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 81 4 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 78 5 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 77 5 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 73 5 5 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 81 4 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 77 5 5 12 Disambiguation of 'A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks': 100 0 0
  2. Syphilis. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pox-en-noun-4GducD-f
  3. (figurative) A curse. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pox-en-noun-JxRK-pZh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /pɑks/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pox.wav Forms: poxes [present, singular, third-person], poxing [participle, present], poxed [participle, past], poxed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒks Etymology: From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|pocke}} Middle English pocke Head templates: {{en-verb}} pox (third-person singular simple present poxes, present participle poxing, simple past and past participle poxed)
  1. (transitive, dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-pox-en-verb-ByhzUn2S

Inflected forms

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      "word": "monkey pox"
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      "word": "monkeypox"
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      "word": "monkey-pox"
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      "word": "orthopox"
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      "word": "pox doctor's clerk"
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      "word": "poxless"
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      "word": "poxlike"
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      "word": "pox party"
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      "word": "poxviral"
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      "word": "poxvirus"
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      "word": "poxy"
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    {
      "word": "rabbitpox"
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      "word": "raccoonpox"
    },
    {
      "word": "rickettsialpox"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrumpox"
    },
    {
      "word": "sealpox"
    },
    {
      "word": "sheeppox"
    },
    {
      "word": "skunk pox"
    },
    {
      "word": "smallpox"
    },
    {
      "word": "squirrelpox"
    },
    {
      "word": "swinepox"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tanapox"
    },
    {
      "word": "turkeypox"
    },
    {
      "word": "volepox"
    },
    {
      "word": "wartpox"
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    {
      "word": "water pox"
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