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kopper

Pronunciation: [ˈkʰʌb̥ɐ]

“kopper” is a Danish word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. smallpox

Etymology

Maybe a euphemistic refashioning of pokker, from Middle Low German pocke, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), cognate with English pock, pox, German Pocke. Alternatively from kopper, the plural of kop (“cup”) (from the cups used for blood-letting).

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