A disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pockmarks. / Syphilis. / (figuratively) A curse.

(transitive, dated) To infect with the pox, or syphilis.

plural of pox

simple past tense and past participle of pox

present participle of pox

(archaic, offensive) To express curses upon (somebody), when irked or wroth, as though wishing someone "a pox". / (humorous, said alternatively with of) To hell with (abstract or unalive things).

(medicine) A highly contagious airborne disease, caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV), resulting in a characteristic skin rash that forms small, itchy blisters.

(archaic) syphilis

(archaic) cowpox.

Obsolete spelling of smallpox