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Compound of water + pox. Attested from the nineteenth century.
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water pox
Today it means: A common childhood disease caused by virus; chickenpox, varicella. Full definition →
Today it means: A common childhood disease caused by virus; chickenpox, varicella. Full definition →
Compound of water + pox. Attested from the nineteenth century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.