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pox

14 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) pox (noun)
  2. 2) pox (verb)
  3. apple pox (noun)
  4. bird pox (noun)
  5. canary pox (noun)
  6. chicken pox (noun)
  7. dove pox (noun)
  8. fruit pox (noun)
  9. goat-pox (noun)
  10. great pox (noun)
  11. hog pox (noun)
  12. pigeon pox (noun)
  13. wet pox (noun)
  14. French plague (noun)

1pox

noun \ˈpäks\
plural pox or pox·es

Definition of POX

1
a : a virus disease (as chicken pox) characterized by pustules or eruptions b archaic : smallpox c : syphilis
2
: a disastrous evil : plague, curse <a pox on him>
— poxy \ˈpäk-sē\ adjective
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Origin of POX

alteration of pocks, plural of pock
First Known Use: circa 1530

Rhymes with POX

box, cox, fox, lox, ox, pax, phlox

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