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pock

UK/pɒk/ US/pɑk/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

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verb

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mark with a scar

  • “The skin disease scarred his face permanently”
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Origin

From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-West Germanic *pokk, from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”). Cognate with Dutch pok (“pock”), Low German Pocke (“pock”), German Pocke (“pock”).

Phrases

  • quarter point
  • small pock
  • the pock

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