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acned

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ac·ne  (kn)
n.
An inflammatory disease of the sebaceous glands and hair follicles of the skin that is marked by the eruption of pimples or pustules, especially on the face.
[New Latin, probably from misreading of Greek akm, point, facial eruption; see acme.]
acned adj.
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Adj.1.acnedacned - (of complexion) blemished by imperfections of the skin
pimpled, pimply, pustulate
blemished - marred by imperfections
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It was a world that Kurtzman and Elder had portrayed in MAD eight years earlier as a riot of dope dealing and bad skin, with ultratypical Archie ending up in prison, old and bald, tortured by his memory of the day acned Betty threw herself at him and he just curled his lip.
Devil in the details: Greil Marcus on Harvey Kurtzman by Marcus, Greil / Artforum International
You can imagine how it would feel - what it felt like - to stand that way, to make that face, to lie alone in a hotel room, to wear your hormones on your sleeve like a raw, acned teenager.
MALERIE MARDER by Siegel, Katy / Artforum International
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