pock-fretten
English
Adjective
pock-fretten (comparative more pock-fretten, superlative most pock-fretten)
- (now rare) Marked with pustule scars; pockmarked. [from 17th c.]
- 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; […], OCLC 13631815:
- He is a thin, tallish man, a little pock-fretten; of a sallowish complexion.
- 1988, Melvyn Bragg, Rich:
- The suspicious street boy now, despite his pock-fretten skin, coming into a youthful handsomeness.
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