pockishadj.
/ˈpɒkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpɑkɪʃ/ rare.
Infected with pox; pockmarked; (also) resembling a pock.
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pockishc1567
variolous1668
smallpoxed1734
c1567 in A. Lang Mystery Mary Stuart (1901) 404 Waryit mot this pokische man be that causes me haif sa mekle pane.
1937 Shadow 15 Nov. 42/2 They blinked; their pockish faces looked puzzled.
1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 1 July (Final ed.) (Style section) d10 ‘Singing Stomach’ is just what it sounds like, a solo by Wegman's own midsection, his navel becoming a puckish, pockish mouth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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