pocky

[pok-ee]

adjective, pock·i·er, pock·i·est.

of, pertaining to, characterized by, or covered with pocks.

Origin of pocky

First recorded in 1300–50, pocky is from the Middle English word pokky. See pock, -y¹

Related formspock·i·ly, adverb

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Historical Examples of pocky

These, says king James, were her owne very words; at all events, a pocky priest may be accepted as a phrase of the time.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II)
Charles Creighton