单词 | o pox |
释义 | > as lemmasO pox a. In various imprecations or exclamations of irritation and impatience, as a pox on (also †of, †take), † O pox, etc. Cf plague n. 5. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [noun] > exclamation or invocation showing pock1573 bot1584 poxa1592 the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [interjection] > oaths other than religious or obscene > imprecations woeOE dahetc1290 confoundc1330 foul (also shame) fall ——c1330 sorrow on——c1330 in the wanianda1352 wildfirea1375 evil theedomc1386 a pestilence on (also upon)c1390 woe betide you (also him, her, etc.)c1390 maldathaita1400 murrainc1400 out ona1415 in the wild waning worldc1485 vengeance?a1500 in a wanion1549 with a wanion1549 woe worth1553 a plague on——a1566 with a wanion to?c1570 with a wanyand1570 bot1584 maugre1590 poxa1592 death1593 rot1594 rot on1595 cancro1597 pax1604 pize on (also upon)1605 vild1605 peascod1606 cargo1607 confusion1608 perditiona1616 (a) pest upon1632 deuce1651 stap my vitals1697 strike me blind, dumb, lucky (if, but—)1697 stop my vitals1699 split me (or my windpipe)1700 rabbit1701 consume1756 capot me!1760 nick me!1760 weary set1788 rats1816 bad cess to1859 curse1885 hanged1887 buggeration1964 a1592 R. Greene Frier Bacon (1594) sig. B3v A poxe of all coniuring Friers. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 46 A Poxe of that iest, and I beshrow all Shrowes. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 277 A pox on him, he's a Cat still. View more context for this quotation 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love v. i. 81 O Pox, how shall I get rid of this foolish Girl? 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iv. 295 Some said, ‘a Pox take the House of Commons, let them be Hanged’. 1710 S. Centlivre Bickerstaff's Burying i. i. 7 What a-pox, she wont die for the Man she hates. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. vi. 39 Formalities! with a Pox!..Pooh, all Stuff and Nonsense! View more context for this quotation 1760 J. Mair Tyro's Dict. 415 Væ! Vah! wo! pox on't. 1795 ‘P. Pindar’ Pindariana 154 A p-x on all sorrow. 1859 H. E. Taliaferro Fisher's River 70 Pox take the luck! 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 380 But they can go hang..for me with their bully beef, a pox on it. 1963 Sunday Times 8 Sept. 29/3 Cool Shakespeare thrives in the sixth and phrases like ‘Pox on't!’ and ‘Fie!’ are in present usage. 1994 N.Y. Times 5 Apr. c6/4 A pox on those services that suggest otherwise in their advertisements. < as lemmas |
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