pock-fretten

English

Adjective

pock-fretten (comparative more pock-fretten, superlative most pock-fretten)

1. (now rare) Marked with pustule scars; pockmarked. [from 17th c.]
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     He is a thin, tallish man, a little pock-fretten; of a sallowish complexion.

   • 1988, Melvyn Bragg, Rich:

     The suspicious street boy now, despite his pock-fretten skin, coming into a youthful handsomeness.