different between pock vs pocky

English

Etymology

From Middle English pok, from Old English poc, pocc (“pock; pustule; ulcer”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukk? (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *b?ew- (“to grow; swell”). Cognate with Dutch pok (“pock”), Low German Pocke (“pock”), German Pocke (“pock”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?k/

  Rhymes: -?k

Noun

pock (plural pocks)

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

Derived terms

• pockmark
• pox

Translations

Verb

pock (third-person singular simple present pocks, present participle pocking, simple past and past participle pocked)

1. To scar or mark with pits

English

Etymology

From pock +? -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?ki/
• Rhymes: -?ki

Adjective

pocky (comparative more pocky, superlative most pocky)

1. Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic. [from 14th c.]
   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act V scene 1:

     Faith, if 'a be not rotten before 'a die (as we have many pocky corpses that will scarce hold the laying in) 'a will last you some eight year [...]

   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, IV:

     ‘You Damn'd Confounded Pocky Whore, I am glad we are met, for now will I give you as many Stripes as I've taken Pills, Bolus's, and other Hellish Slip-slops on your Account.’