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pock-fretten

pock-fretten adjective: marked with pustule scars; pockmarked.

Adjective

pock-fretten (comparative more pock-fretten, superlative most pock-fretten)

  1. (archaic) Marked with pustule scars; pockmarked.
    • 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...
    • The suspicious street boy now, despite his pock-fretten skin, coming into a youthful handsomeness.1988, Melvyn Bragg, Rich

Forms of pock-fretten

comparativemore pock-fretten
superlativemost pock-fretten

Questions about pock-fretten

What does pock-fretten mean?
Pock-fretten means marked with pustule scars; pockmarked.
What part of speech is pock-fretten?
Pock-fretten is an adjective.

Words near pock-fretten in the dictionary

  1. pocilloporins
  2. Pocinho
  3. Pocius
  4. Pociuses
  5. pock
  6. pock-fretten
  7. pock-pudding
  8. pock-puddings
  9. pocked
  10. Pockels effect
  11. Pockels effects

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