pockmark

[pok-mahrk]

noun

Usually pockmarks. scars or pits left by a pustule in smallpox or the like.

a small pit or scar: a tabletop full of pockmarks.

verb (used with object)

to mark or scar with or as with pockmarks: gopher holes pockmarking the field.

Origin of pockmark

First recorded in 1665–75; pock + mark¹

Related formspock·marked, adjective

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"Never mind how we got in," said Leah, every pock-mark glistening with smiles and tears.
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Israel Zangwill

British Dictionary definitions for pock-mark

pockmark

noun

Also called: pock a pitted scar left on the skin after the healing of a smallpox or similar pustule

any pitting of a surface that resembles or suggests such scars

verb

(tr) to scar or pit (a surface) with pockmarks

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Word Origin and History for pock-mark

also pockmark, 1670s, from pock (n.) + mark (n.). As a verb from 1756. Related: Pockmarked; pock-marked.

pock-mark in Medicine

pockmark

[pŏk′märk′]

n.

A pitlike scar that is left on the skin by smallpox or another eruptive disease.

Related formspock′marked′ adj.