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pocky en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɑki/ (US)
• /ˈpɒki/ (UK)

Etymology

From pock + -y.

Meanings

1. Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic.
   • ‘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.’ 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of Sally Salisbury, section IV:
   • 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 [...] c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

Forms

Deriveds

pockiness · pockily