POCKMARK

pockmark

(noun) a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease

pockmark

(verb) mark with or as if with pockmarks; “Her face was pockmarked by the disease”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pockmark (plural pockmarks)

A mark or scar in the skin caused by a pock.

A crater in the seafloor caused by erupting gas or liquid.

Source: Wiktionary


Pock"mark, n.

Definition: A mark or pit made by smallpox.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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29 November 2024

POPULATED

(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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