POCKED

pocked, pockmarked

(adjective) marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin disease

pocked, pockmarked, potholed

(adjective) used of paved surfaces having holes or pits

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

pocked

simple past tense and past participle of pock

Adjective

pocked (comparative more pocked, superlative most pocked)

pockmarked

Source: Wiktionary


POCK

Pock, n. Etym: [OE. pokke, AS. pocc, poc; akin to D. pok, G. pocke, and perh. to E. poke a pocket. Cf. Pox.] (Med.)

Definition: A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases. Of pokkes and of scab every sore. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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