pock

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

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

Verb

To scar or mark with pits

Konzepte

Pocke

Pocken

Synonyme

pit

mark

scar

pockmark

pustule

dent

dint

marker

mottling

pox

sac

scarify

smallpox

tick

concaveness

hard spot

pock pustule

mechanical pitting

abscess

pock marking

alcove

boil

cavity

concavity

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/pɒk/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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