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单词 plouky
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ploukyadj.

Brit. /ˈpluːki/, U.S. /ˈpluki/, Scottish English /ˈplukɪ/
Forms: late Middle English plowkky, 1700s pluggy, 1800s– plooky (English regional (northern)); Scottish pre-1700 plowkie, pre-1700 1700s– plouky, pre-1700 1800s ploukie, 1700s plouckie, 1700s plucky, 1700s– plooky, 1800s peuky (north-eastern), 1800s– plookie, 1800s– plukie, 1900s– plukey.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plouk n., -y suffix1.
Etymology: < plouk n. + -y suffix1.
Now Scottish and English regional (northern).
Covered with pimples, spotty.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [adjective] > pimple
ploukyc1440
blobbed1486
pimpled1506
ploukedc1540
precious1581
whealy1611
spotty1620
pimpling1628
plouky-faced?1645
ampery1736
pimply1747
poxya1758
papulous1800
papular1813
papulated1822
whelky1822
pimplous1906
zitty1971
c1440 Liber de Diversis Med. 34 (MED) For hym þat is smetyn with his awen blode..& waxes plowkky & brekes owte.
?a1591 King James VI & I Poems (1955) I. 164 As new wine raging fast In seething in the bodie makes A plouckie skinne at last.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 361 Abhominable to ony man to se, With plowkie visage, bowdin brow and bre.
1761 Caledonian Mercury 21 Mar. Allan Cameron..fair complexion..full faced and a little plucky.
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1954) I. 67 Ye wha are faush'd wi' plouky noses.
1822 J. Galt Provost xxxii. 240 His face was as plooky as a curran bun.
1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. Plooky, having pimples or small blotches on the surface.
1985 M. Munro Patter 54 Naw, no the wan wi the plooky face.
1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 85 Ah nivir fuckin rated the plukey cunt.

Compounds

plouky-faced adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [adjective] > pimple
ploukyc1440
blobbed1486
pimpled1506
ploukedc1540
precious1581
whealy1611
spotty1620
pimpling1628
plouky-faced?1645
ampery1736
pimply1747
poxya1758
papulous1800
papular1813
papulated1822
whelky1822
pimplous1906
zitty1971
?1645 W. Drummond Polemo-Medinia 2 Et ploukie-fac'd Wattie Strang.
1706 Blythsome Wedding iii, in J. Watson Choice Coll. Scots Poems (1977) I. 8 Plouckie-fac't Wat in the mill.
1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 351 Pluggy fac'd Wat.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Plooky-faced, pimpled.
1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 5 Fuck off, ya plukey-faced wee hing oot.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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