Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To infect with the pox, or syphilis.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA disease characterized by skin eruptions (especially purulent ones) that may leave pockmarks. · Syphilis. · A curse.
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.
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