pox
English
editEtymology
editFrom the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpox (countable and uncountable, plural poxes)
- A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
- Syphilis.
- (figurative) A curse.
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- A pox on him, he's a cat still.
Derived terms
edit- antipox
- a pox on
- buffalopox
- camelpox
- canarypox
- chicken pox
- cottonpox
- cowpox
- fowlpox
- French pox
- goatpox
- great-pox
- hornpox
- horsepox
- horse-pox
- kine-pox
- milkpox
- monkeypox
- monkey-pox
- monkey pox
- mousepox
- orthopox
- parapox
- pox doctor's clerk
- poxless
- poxlike
- pox party
- poxviral
- poxvirus
- poxy
- rabbitpox
- raccoonpox
- rickettsialpox
- scrumpox
- sealpox
- sheeppox
- skunk pox
- smallpox
- squirrelpox
- swinepox
- Tanapox
- turkeypox
- volepox
- wartpox
- water pox
- whitepox
Translations
editA disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks
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syphilis — see syphilis
Verb
editpox (third-person singular simple present poxes, present participle poxing, simple past and past participle poxed)
- (transitive, dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
- [1750?], Dr. [John] Arbuthnot, “The History of John Bull: Part II, Chapter III”, in The History of John Bull [by Dr. Arbuthnot]. And Poems on ſeveral Occasions by Dr. Jonathan Swift, with Several Miſcellaneous Pieces, by Dr. Swift and Mr. Pope, London: D. Midwinter, A. Tonson, page 60:
- 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. […] ”
Azerbaijani
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Turkic *bok (“dirt, dung”). Cognate with Turkish bok, Salar boq, Chuvash пӑх (păh) etc.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpox (definite accusative poxu, plural poxlar)
Declension
editDeclension of pox | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | pox |
poxlar | ||||||
definite accusative | poxu |
poxları | ||||||
dative | poxa |
poxlara | ||||||
locative | poxda |
poxlarda | ||||||
ablative | poxdan |
poxlardan | ||||||
definite genitive | poxun |
poxların |
Derived terms
edit- içinə pox qoymaq (“to ruin”)
- pox yemək (“to crap up, make a big mistake”)
- pox yerə qoymamaq (“to despise, disrespect”)
- poxa düşmək (“to get in trouble”, intransitive)
- poxa salmaq (“to get in trouble”, transitive)
- poxdaşıyan (“manual scavenger, shit-carrier”)
- poxlu (“shitty, feculent, filled with shit”)
- poxu çıxmaq (“to go to hell, be ruined”)
- poxunu çıxartmaq (“to ruin”)
See also
edit- sıçmaq (“to shit”)
Coatlán Mixe
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpox
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