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Meaning of Pox | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
pɑks

Definitions

  1. A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Syphilis.
    countable, uncountable
  3. A curse.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية داء الزهري
Bosanski buba variola
Català buba
Deutsch Blatter Pocke
فارسی آبله
Suomi rokko rokkotauti
Français petite vérole variole vérolé
Galego bostela
Hrvatski buba variola
日本語 痘瘡
Latina variola
Polski ospa
Português varíola
Русский оспа
Српски buba variola
ไทย ฝีดาษ
Tiếng Việt đâu

Examples

“A pox on him, he's a cat still.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

pox doctor's clerk pox party Poxes poxvector poxvirion poxvirologist

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