poxed

9.9

Having a disease that causes sores on the skin like smallpox

adjective
/pɑkst/

Archaic

: afectado por viruela

Priests are better on their knees, in the god-poxed holy dirt.

Examples

Despite his charm, many avoided him because he was poxed, a consequence of his reckless lifestyle.
She regretted her choices in life, realizing too late that being poxed had affected her relationships.
Writing of John F. Kennedy's numerous ailments, Christopher Hitchens describes this would-be Achilles as a "poxed and suppurating Philoctetes" and notes that his life was remarkable not for being cut so short but for lasting so long.

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In the past, those who were poxed faced social stigma, often being shunned by society.

Synonyms

variolate

vspoxed

Specialized

9.9

Skin that has small round scars from smallpox

is broader and also covers skin scarring from venereal disease

variolous

vspoxed

Archaic

9.9

Related to or showing signs of smallpox

is broader, including smallpox and venereal causes of skin marks

poxy

vspoxed

Archaic

9.9

Having many small scars on the skin from smallpox

is broader and also applies to scars from venereal infection

Antonyms

healthy

695 1.0

In good body and mind condition without sickness or injury

uninfected

5 3.4

Without harmful germs that cause disease

Surface Forms

poxed positive

Morphology

poxed = pox (transparent) = pox + ed

Regular adjectival/past-participle formation from the noun 'pox' with '-ed' yields the straightforward meaning 'affected by pox'.

Etymology

Poxed comes from the word pox, which was used for diseases that make 'blisters' or visible marks on the skin, and you can see the same root in pockmark. So, to be poxed is to be marked or infected by a pox, which explains the word's modern meaning.