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

(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).

simple past tense and past participle of pox

present participle of pox

(archaic) syphilis

(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.

A viral infection of skunks (related to cowpox)

Alternative form of horsepox