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Meaning of "the pox" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE POX

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THE POX

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
The pox is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE POX

the point of no return
the point of tangency
the Pointers
the poky
the Pole Star
the pole vault
the police
the Potteries
the powers that be
the Preacher
the Precambrian
the present
the press
the price of someone
the Prime Mover
the primrose path
the principle of economy
the prize ring
the Prophet
the proprieties

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE POX

box
chickenpox
cowpox
cox
fowlpox
fox
horsepox
inbox
jukebox
Knox
orthodox
out of the box
ox
PO box
pox
scrumpox
smallpox
swinepox
the box
waterpox

Synonyms and antonyms of the pox in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the pox» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE POX

Find out the translation of the pox to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the pox from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the pox» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la viruela
570 millions of speakers

English

the pox
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चेचक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جدري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оспа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a varíola
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পক্স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la variole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cacat itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Pocken
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수두
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing pox
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thủy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Pox
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉक्स
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çiçeği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

il vaiolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Ospa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

віспа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sifilisul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η ευλογιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die pokke
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vattenkoppor
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pox
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the pox

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE POX»

The term «the pox» is regularly used and occupies the 103.272 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE POX» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the pox» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the pox» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the pox

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE POX»

Discover the use of the pox in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the pox and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pox: An American History
The untold story of how America's progressive-era war on smallpox sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the twentieth century.
Michael Willrich, 2011
2
Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox
Goldie Locks has chicken pox; from head to toe were polka dots.
Erin Dealey, 2005
3
Negotiating the French Pox in Early Modern Germany
This book explores the identity of the 'French disease' (or 'Morbus Gallicus') in the German Imperial city of Augsburg between 1495 and 1630.
Claudia Stein, 2009
4
The Pox and the Covenant: Mather, Franklin, and the Epidemic ...
At least one carried an infectious disease, one that would send a city into chaos, and put to its greatest test the covenant between the Puritans and their god. – from The Pox and the Covenant Praise for Tony Williams's Hurricane of ...
Tony Williams, 2011
5
Pox: Genius, Madness, And The Mysteries Of Syphilis
Maupassant's threat yielded the truth: "The pox," he replied. Maupassant thereupon provided the most straightforward acknowledgment of infection by the Pox in the literature of the nineteenth century, and a stunning show of dangerous  ...
Deborah Hayden, 2013
6
The Pox Party
Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
M. T. Anderson, 2011
7
Venereal Disease, Hospitals, and the Urban Poor ; London's ...
A re-examination of the role of charity and treating venereal disease in public hospitals in early modern London.
Kevin Patrick Siena, 2004
8
A Treatise on the Wrongs Called Slander and Libel: And on ...
Now the small pox is a contagious disease, but it has never been held actionable to charge one with having the “ small pox,” and we find in the reports that when the charge was simply of having the pox—without any other words or facts—to ...
John Townshend, 1868
9
The Human Body in Health and Illness
ALERT! Pox News, responding to an ancient medieval curse “A pox be upon you, ” has issued an update on the pox. Here it is, fair and balanced! • There has been much confusion about the pox throughout history. The ancients referred to any ...
Barbara Herlihy, 2014
10
A Treatise of the Small-pox and Measles ...
Bloody Urin, or any hemorrhage, be it at the Nose, or by bloody Vomits, Stools, or the ordinaries of Women, after the eruption are all most certain deadly forerunners; likewise if the Pox bursting of ' themselves ouse out blood instead of matter, ...
Gideon Harvey, 1696

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE POX»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the pox is used in the context of the following news items.
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Britain's favourite garden birds threatened by lethal strain of avian pox
The first clusters of great tits suffering from the pox were recorded in Surrey and Kent, but this year it has spread to areas including Oxfordshire, and as far north ... «Daily Mail, Aug 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. The pox [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/the-pox>. May 2024 ».
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