pox
English
/pɑks/
noun
Definitions
- A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
- Syphilis.
- (figurative) A curse.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pocke.
Origin
Middle English
pocke
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- French English
- French pox English
- Tana English
- Tanapox English
- antipox English
- antipoxviral English
- antipoxvirus English
- antismallpox English
- buffalo English
- buffalopox English
- camel English
- camelpox English
- canary English
- canarypox English
- cotton English
- cottonpox English
- cow English
- cowpox English
- fowl English
- fowlpox English
- goat English
- goatpox English
- horn English
- hornpox English
- horse English
- horsepox English
- milk English
- milkpox English
- monkey English
- monkeypox English
- mouse English
- mousepox English
- orthopox English
- parapox English
- poxless English
- poxlike English
- poxviral English
- poxvirus English
- poxy English
- pseudocowpox English
- rabbit English
- rabbitpox English
- rickettsial English
- rickettsialpox English
- scrum English
- scrumpox English
- sheep English
- sheeppox English
- small English
- smallpox English
- swine English
- swinepox English
- turkey English
- turkeypox English
- viral English
- virus English
- vole English
- volepox English
- wart English
- wartpox English
- water English
- water pox English
- white English
- whitepox English
- pocke Middle English
- chibhokisi Shona
- cow
- fowl
- goat
- poxy
- wart
- horn
- Tana
- vole
- milk
- horse
- camel
- swine
- viral
- water
- mouse
- scrum
- virus
- white
- small
- sheep
- cowpox
- turkey
- cotton
- monkey
- rabbit
- French
- canary
- Tanapox
- poxlike
- volepox
- milkpox
- hornpox
- buffalo
- poxless
- wartpox
- fowlpox
- parapox
- goatpox
- antipox
- whitepox
- mousepox
- swinepox
- horsepox
- poxviral
- scrumpox
- camelpox
- poxvirus
- sheeppox
- orthopox
- smallpox
- monkeypox
- water pox
- canarypox
- turkeypox
- cottonpox
- rabbitpox
- buffalopox
- French pox
- rickettsial
- pseudocowpox
- antipoxviral
- antipoxvirus
- antismallpox
- rickettsialpox