water pox

noun Pathology.

chickenpox.

Origin of water pox

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby water pox

water pocket, water pollution, water polo, water poppy, water power, water pox, water purslane, water rail, water rat, water rate, water rice

Example sentences from the Web for water pox

  • Then she fell out of the window, and broke her collar-bone; and when she was just over that, it was the water-pox.

    The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe |Amanda Minnie Douglas