| 释义 |
plouky, plooky, a. Sc. and north. dial.|ˈplukɪ|
Forms: 5 plowkky, 6 plowkie, 8 plouckie, pluggy, plucky, 8– plouky, plooky.
[f. plouk n. + -y.]
Pimply, pimpled.
14..MS. Linc. Med. lf. 294 (Cath. Angl. 284) For hyme that is smetyne with his awenne blode,..and waxes plowkky, and brekes owte. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. II. 361 Abhominable to ony man to se, With plowkie visage, bowdin brow and bre. 1822Galt Provost xxxii. (1868) 95 His face was as plooky as a curran' bun. 1868Cleveland Glossary, Plooky, having pimples or small blotches on the surface.
b. Comb., as plouky-faced.
17..F. Sempill Bridal iii, Plouckie-fac'd Wat in the mill. 1719D'Urfey Pills VI. 351 Pluggy fac'd Wat. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss., Plooky-faced, pimpled. |