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▪ I. bubonic, a.1 (n.)|bjuːˈbɒnɪk|
[f. late L. bubōn-em (see prec.) bubo + -ic.]
That is attended with the appearance of buboes. Also as n., short for bubonic plague.
1871Echo 15 Aug., The bubonic disease in Khorassan. 1886Athenæum 25 Sept. 405/2 A list of the dates of the appearance of the famous bubonic plague from a.d. 252 down to..1837. 1901Daily News 11 Feb. 5/3 A native child died last night, and the post-mortem proved the existence of bubonic. 1908Kipling Lett. of Travel (1920) 121 A rot at what is called ‘headquarters’ may spread like bubonic, with every steamer.
▪ II. buˈbonic, a.2 nonce-wd.
[f. L. bubōn-em owl + -ic.]
Owl-like.
1795Wolcott (P. Pindar) Lousiad i. Wks. 1812 I. 191 With arms akimbo, and bubonic look. |