Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

water pox

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter pox
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A common childhood disease caused by virus; chickenpox, varicella.

Dated; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Water pox. Varicella."
"Varicella (water-pox, stone-pox, wind-pox,) is said to be often epidemic at the period of the public vaccinations..."

Etymology

Compound of water + pox. Attested from the nineteenth century.

Usage

Questions

What does water pox mean?: A common childhood disease caused by virus; chickenpox, varicella.
Where does water pox come from?: Compound of water + pox. Attested from the nineteenth century.

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