pocky

English

Etymology

From pock + -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒki/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑki/

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• Rhymes: -ɒki

Adjective

pocky (comparative more pocky or pockier, superlative most pocky or pockiest)

1. Covered in pock marks; specifically, pox-ridden, syphilitic. [from 14th c.]
   • 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]:

     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, section 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.’

Derived terms

• pockily
• pockiness