pox

noun · verbA1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

poxes

1.
(countable, uncountable)A disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks.
2.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative) A curse.
a pox on all their houses

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

poxes

V_ing/Gerund

poxing

V_ed/pp

poxed

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

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Nguồn gốc từ

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.