Pocky
/ˈpɒki/noun
Marked or affected with pocks; pitted or scarred by smallpox or similar eruptions.
Did you know?The root behind pock is tied to the same old Germanic family as words for small swelling or blister-like marks, and English once used it very concretely for the lesions of smallpox.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*puk- / *pukaz
“a swelling, pustule, or blister-like lump”
Old English
OE
pocc
“a pock, pustule, or blister”
Middle English
ME
poky / pocky
“marked with pocks; scarred by pustules”
Early Modern English
English
pocky
“affected with or resembling pocks; pitted”
Modern English
English
pocky
“marked with pocks or small pits”