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greatpox

greatpox 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

Questions about greatpox

What is greatpox the alternative form of?
Greatpox is the alternative form of great-pox.

Words near greatpox in the dictionary

  1. greatness
  2. greatnesse
  3. greatnesses
  4. Greatorex
  5. Greatorexes
  6. greatpox
  7. Greatrex
  8. greatroom
  9. greatrooms
  10. greats
  11. greatshield

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