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great pox

great pox is the alternative form of great-pox.

Meaning of great-pox

Noun

great-pox (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Syphilis.
    • Putting aside passages which might possibly apply to great-pox, smallpox was evidently well known to Shakespeare and his contemporaries.1898, Thomas Stevenson, A treatise on hygiene and public health, volume 2, page 890

Noun capitalized: Great Pox

Great Pox (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of great-pox.

Questions about great pox

What is great pox the alternative form of?
Great pox is the alternative form of great-pox.
What part of speech is great pox?
Great pox is a noun.

Words near great pox in the dictionary

  1. Great Plains wolf
  2. Great Plains wolves
  3. Great Ponton
  4. great power
  5. great powers
  6. great pox
  7. great primer
  8. great prior
  9. great priors
  10. Great Purge
  11. Great Pyramid at Giza

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