pock-fretten

adjective

Marked with pustule scars; pockmarked.

First used 17th c.
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adjectivepock-fretten (comparative more pock-fretten, superlative most pock-fretten)

comparative more pock-fretten · superlative most pock-fretten

  1. archaicMarked with pustule scars; pockmarked.First known use 17th c.

    He is a thin, tallish man, a little pock-fretten; of a sallowish complexion.

    1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCIV”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC
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    The suspicious street boy now, despite his pock-fretten skin, coming into a youthful handsomeness.

    1988, Melvyn Bragg, Rich
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