pox

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɑks/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ɒks
• Homophone: pocks

Noun

pox (countable and uncountable, plural poxes)

1. A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
2. Syphilis.
3. (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

• 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

A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks

• Bulgarian: шарка (bg) f (šarka)
• Catalan: buba (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 痘 (zh) (dòu)

• Finnish: rokko (fi), rokkotauti (fi)
• French: vérole (fr) f, variole (fr) f, petite vérole (fr) f
• Japanese: 痘瘡 (ja) (mogasa)
• Latin: variola f
• Persian: آبله (fa) (âbele)
• Polish: ospa (pl) f
• Russian: о́спа (ru) (óspa)
• Serbo-Croatian: boginje (sh) pl

syphilis — see syphilis

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.
   • [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

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bok (“dirt, dung”). Cognate with Turkish bok, Salar boq, Chuvash пӑх (păh) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pox/

Noun

pox (definite accusative poxu, plural poxlar)

1. (vulgar) shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel)

Declension

Declension of pox
	singular	plural
nominative	pox	poxlar
definite accusative	poxu	poxları
dative	poxa	poxlara
locative	poxda	poxlarda
ablative	poxdan	poxlardan
definite genitive	poxun	poxların

Possessive forms of pox
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	poxum	poxlarım
sənin (“your”)	poxun	poxların
onun (“his/her/its”)	poxu	poxları
bizim (“our”)	poxumuz	poxlarımız
sizin (“your”)	poxunuz	poxlarınız
onların (“their”)	poxu or poxları	poxları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	poxumu	poxlarımı
sənin (“your”)	poxunu	poxlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	poxunu	poxlarını
bizim (“our”)	poxumuzu	poxlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	poxunuzu	poxlarınızı
onların (“their”)	poxunu or poxlarını	poxlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	poxuma	poxlarıma
sənin (“your”)	poxuna	poxlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	poxuna	poxlarına
bizim (“our”)	poxumuza	poxlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	poxunuza	poxlarınıza
onların (“their”)	poxuna or poxlarına	poxlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	poxumda	poxlarımda
sənin (“your”)	poxunda	poxlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	poxunda	poxlarında
bizim (“our”)	poxumuzda	poxlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	poxunuzda	poxlarınızda
onların (“their”)	poxunda or poxlarında	poxlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	poxumdan	poxlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	poxundan	poxlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	poxundan	poxlarından
bizim (“our”)	poxumuzdan	poxlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	poxunuzdan	poxlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	poxundan or poxlarından	poxlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	poxumun	poxlarımın
sənin (“your”)	poxunun	poxlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	poxunun	poxlarının
bizim (“our”)	poxumuzun	poxlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	poxunuzun	poxlarınızın
onların (“their”)	poxunun or poxlarının	poxlarının

Derived terms

• 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

• sıçmaq (“to shit”)

Coatlán Mixe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poʃ/

Noun

pox

1. guava