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pox

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3 lettersPronunciation /pɑks/Part of speech nounSorted opxStarts with PEnds with X0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks

Word origin

From the plural of Middle English pocke. See also pock. The curse sense involves metonymy: wishing a literal pox upon someone is the original form of pox-relevant curse, and the word pox itself also came to mean curse.

Used in a sentence

  • a pox on all their houses
  • A pox on him, he's a cat still.

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