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Pox

//pɑks// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks wordnet
  3. 3
    Syphilis. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) wordnet
  5. 5
    A curse. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "A pox on him, he's a cat still."

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

    "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. […]”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock.

Etymology 2

From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock.

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