pock

/pɑk/

UK: /pɒk/

pock

English Noun

Definition

A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.

Etymology

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”).