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noungreat-pox (uncountable)
alternative greatpox · alternative great pox · alternative Great Pox
- obsoleteuncountableSyphilis.
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
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great-pox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great-pox
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