pock
A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive diseaseA pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
Meaning
2 sensesA pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
a pustule in an eruptive disease
Any pit, especially one formed as a scar
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-WFrom 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”).
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