great-pox

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great-pox

noun greatpox · great pox · Great Pox

obsolete, uncountable Syphilis. Putting aside passages which might possibly apply to great-pox, smallpox was evidently well known to Shakespeare and his contemporaries.

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@misc{great_pox_2026,
  title = {great-pox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/great-pox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}