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Added 9 October 2026

pock

/pɒk/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about pock at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
Any pit, especially one formed as a scar.

verb

To scar or mark with pits.

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”).

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