pustulentadj.
/ˈpʌstjᵿl(ə)nt/, /ˈpʌstʃᵿl(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈpəstʃəl(ə)nt/, /ˈpəstjəl(ə)nt/ = pustulant adj.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] > abscess > boil > pustule
pustulate?a1425
pustuled?a1425
whey-wormeda1529
pustulous1543
pustulent1607
pustulated1666
pustular1716
whelky1822
psydracious1829
phlyzacious1830
papulopustular1843
pustuliform1846
pustulant1895
1607 J. Marston What you Will iii. sig. E4 That our selfe may peruew, preuent, and preoccupie the pustulent dangers incident to all your cases.
1858 J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. I. 314/2 In modified variola, the eruption is pustulent.
1905 Newark (Ohio) Daily Advocate 22 June 4/2 The ‘organization’ or party is responsible for the conditions of Pennsylvania and Ohio—conditions that are confluent and corrosive in the former; pustulent and malignant in the latter.
1926 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 39 154 Kneeling at the church door, was a boy of fourteen.., his hands deformed and on face and neck pustulent sores.
2002 Daily Tel. 7 Feb. 29/4 To say that she was guilty of raping her pustulent and enthusiastic charges..is simply to abuse the language.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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