purulentadj.

Brit.

/ˈpjʊər(j)ᵿlənt/,

/ˈpjʊər(j)ᵿln̩t/, U.S.

/ˈpjʊr(j)ələnt/

Forms: late Middle English purulente, 1500s– purulent.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French purulent; Latin pūrulentus.

Etymology: < Middle French, French purulent discharging pus, suppurating (1542), (of urine, saliva, blood) consisting of or containing pus (1555) and its etymon classical Latin pūrulentus containing or consisting of pus < pūr- , pūs pus n. + -ulentus -ulent suffix. Compare Spanish purulento (second half of the 15th cent.), Italian purulento , †purulente (a1476 in plural purulenti ). The figurative use in sense 3 is apparently not paralleled in French until considerably later (early 20th cent. or earlier).

1. Of the nature of or resembling pus; consisting of or containing pus.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective]

fouleOE

festereda1398

quitterya1398

quittorousa1398

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purulent?a1425

suppurate?a1425

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective]

purulent?a1425

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the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied

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foulOE

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?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 81^v More ouer in euel vlcerez when þer is associate þe colour of þe body as white, purulente [?c1425 Paris quittry colour; L. purulentus], or citrine, it is signified þat þe lyuer & þe blode of it ar corrupt.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. i. ii. f. 3/2 The purulent matter..was suncke to the grownde of the wounde.

1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 88 Streams and rivulets of sulphureous liquors, and purulent melted matter.

1705 J. Swift Descr. of Salamander in Misc. (1711) 375 It Spues a filthy Froth..Of Matter purulent and white.

1796 J. Watt Let. 1 June in Partners in Sci. (1970) 224 The Cough is trifling and the expectoration has long ceased to be purulent.

1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. xii. 387 Some of the Œstri regale themselves on a purulent secretion with which they are surrounded.

1827 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 2) i. ii. vi. 197 Purulent infiltration.

1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 226 During the whole time was no purulent discharge.

1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xii. 122 Endeavour to express a bead of the discharge from the fistula; usually the discharge is purulent and scab must be removed to give it exit.

1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 July 34/4 Conjunctivitis..usually affects both eyes with a purulent discharge that gums-up the eyelids during sleep.

2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health i. 73 If you have a cold, it's not the fact that you have a runny nose..that's important, but the nature of the discharge in your particular case (eg bloody, clear, profuse, purulent and so on).

a. Forming, filled with, or discharging pus; suppurating. Also figurative.

ΚΠ

1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. i. v. 44 Now when the crust is remoued, whilest the vlcer is purulent, it must be clensed and mundifyed.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 387 If any small braunch of these vesselles be broken the Lungs become purulent and yeeld matter vp in coughing.

1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 404 To probe and search a purulent old Sore to the bottom.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Hydrocardia, a term invented by Hildanus to express a serous, sanious, or purulent tumour of the pericardium.

1780 J. Ware (title) Remarks on the ophthalmy, psorophthalmy, and purulent eye.

1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 443 The treatment of simple, purulent, or healthy ulcers.

1836 Fraser's Mag. 14 506 Deal forth assertions purulent of slander.

1899 T. C. Allbutt Syst. Med. VIII. 780 To syringe out any purulent lesions with carbolic solution.

1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) xxvi. 332 Progressive swelling of the testicles, commencing in the tunica vaginalis in 2–3 days and becoming purulent, is followed by death usually about the tenth day.

1975 R. Graves Coll. Poems xi. 209 His wound was nine long years in healing, Purulent with dead hope.

1995 Interzone Apr. 31/1 ‘With a pretty hideous STD virus,’ Benno glanced at the purulent red genitals.

b. Of a disease, process, or condition: characterized or accompanied by the formation of pus.

ΚΠ

1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 362 Purulent, suppuratory and scrophulous Distempers.

1826 Lancet 4 Feb. 625/1 It is the Purulent ophthalmia..the ‘purulent eye’ of children.

1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight v. 56 Purulent ophthalmia is one of the most dangerous diseases to which the eye is subject.

1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) xvii. 215 When the mother is suffering from gonorrhœa, infants may acquire, during delivery, a purulent infection of the conjunctiva.

1988 Q. N. Myrvik & R. S. Weiser Fund. Med. Bacteriol. & Mycol. (ed. 2) xiv. 224 The infection..may involve the fallopian tubes and lead to acute purulent salpingitis or chronic salpingitis.

2004 Avian Pathol. 33 145 The intraperitoneally infected chickens..showed various degrees of localized purulent peritonitis at the inoculation site.

3. gen. Disgusting; inferior; contemptible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible

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bloodclaat1971

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wanky1972

streelish1974

twatty1975

twattish1976

dweeby1988

douchey1991

wank1991

cockish1996

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvi. 670/1 Lord Fawconbridge is sent to sound their affections, and to draw the purulent matter to an head.

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 13 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. A Discharge of the peccant Humour, in exceeding purulent Metre.

1891 Times 12 June 10/6 Only one construction can be put upon this purulent secretiveness.

2003 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 16 Feb. 13 A fast-moving, zestful, stirring script that serves up corporate greed and capitalist compassion..selfless motherhood and purulent prejudice.

Derivatives

ˈpurulently adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adverb]

purulentlya1834

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1849) I. 137 He shall be allowed to abuse as much and as purulently as he likes.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 425 Surrounding the purulently infiltrated part.

1994 Cardiovascular Surg. 2 78 (title) Purulently infected abdominal aortic aneurysm: in situ reconstruction with transmesocolic omental transposition technique.

† purulentness n. Obsolete rare purulence.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Purulentness, fulness of Matter or Corruption.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	purulent
释义	purulentadj. Brit. /ˈpjʊər(j)ᵿlənt/, /ˈpjʊər(j)ᵿln̩t/, U.S. /ˈpjʊr(j)ələnt/ Forms: late Middle English purulente, 1500s– purulent. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French purulent; Latin pūrulentus. Etymology: < Middle French, French purulent discharging pus, suppurating (1542), (of urine, saliva, blood) consisting of or containing pus (1555) and its etymon classical Latin pūrulentus containing or consisting of pus < pūr- , pūs pus n. + -ulentus -ulent suffix. Compare Spanish purulento (second half of the 15th cent.), Italian purulento , †purulente (a1476 in plural purulenti ). The figurative use in sense 3 is apparently not paralleled in French until considerably later (early 20th cent. or earlier). 1. Of the nature of or resembling pus; consisting of or containing pus. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adjective] fouleOE festereda1398 quitterya1398 quittorousa1398 festrya1400 purulent?a1425 suppurate?a1425 matterativec1487 mattereda1500 mattery1527 attery1535 sanious1562 festering1563 matterish1566 infestered1570 ulcerated1580 suppurated1583 sordid1597 corsie1605 fistulating1607 rankling1631 suppurable1634 rancorous1635 undercotted1636 undercotting1637 suppuratory1659 puriform1668 quittorish1668 suppurating1671 scandalous1676 suppurative1746 suppurant1799 gleety1822 puruloid1846 pyoid1846 colloid substance1849 peptic1884 pussy1888 maturable1889 fretty1894 the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [adjective] purulent?a1425 carrionc1522 carrionly1567 corruptible1584 putrilaginous1598 putrid1610 putrefactive1646 the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > rotten or putrefied forrottedc897 foulOE rotted?c1225 rottena1250 corruptc1380 enraged1398 putrefieda1413 purulent?a1425 putrid?a1425 ranka1425 rottenly1435 corrupped1533 corruptious1559 attainted1573 rot1573 putrefacted1574 baggage1576 tainted1577 pourryc1580 corruptive1593 putrilaginous1598 putrefactious1609 taint1620 putid1660 rottenish1691 septic1746 corrupted1807 mullocky1839 rotty1872 seething1875 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 81^v More ouer in euel vlcerez when þer is associate þe colour of þe body as white, purulente [?c1425 Paris quittry colour; L. purulentus], or citrine, it is signified þat þe lyuer & þe blode of it ar corrupt. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. i. ii. f. 3/2 The purulent matter..was suncke to the grownde of the wounde. 1690 T. Burnet Theory of Earth iii. 88 Streams and rivulets of sulphureous liquors, and purulent melted matter. 1705 J. Swift Descr. of Salamander in Misc. (1711) 375 It Spues a filthy Froth..Of Matter purulent and white. 1796 J. Watt Let. 1 June in Partners in Sci. (1970) 224 The Cough is trifling and the expectoration has long ceased to be purulent. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) I. xii. 387 Some of the Œstri regale themselves on a purulent secretion with which they are surrounded. 1827 J. Forbes tr. R. T. H. Laennec Treat. Dis. Chest (ed. 2) i. ii. vi. 197 Purulent infiltration. 1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 226 During the whole time was no purulent discharge. 1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xii. 122 Endeavour to express a bead of the discharge from the fistula; usually the discharge is purulent and scab must be removed to give it exit. 1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 13 July 34/4 Conjunctivitis..usually affects both eyes with a purulent discharge that gums-up the eyelids during sleep. 2001 N. Jones Rough Guide Trav. Health i. 73 If you have a cold, it's not the fact that you have a runny nose..that's important, but the nature of the discharge in your particular case (eg bloody, clear, profuse, purulent and so on). 2. a. Forming, filled with, or discharging pus; suppurating. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1585 J. Banister Wecker's Compend. Chyrurg. i. v. 44 Now when the crust is remoued, whilest the vlcer is purulent, it must be clensed and mundifyed. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 387 If any small braunch of these vesselles be broken the Lungs become purulent and yeeld matter vp in coughing. 1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 404 To probe and search a purulent old Sore to the bottom. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Hydrocardia, a term invented by Hildanus to express a serous, sanious, or purulent tumour of the pericardium. 1780 J. Ware (title) Remarks on the ophthalmy, psorophthalmy, and purulent eye. 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 443 The treatment of simple, purulent, or healthy ulcers. 1836 Fraser's Mag. 14 506 Deal forth assertions purulent of slander. 1899 T. C. Allbutt Syst. Med. VIII. 780 To syringe out any purulent lesions with carbolic solution. 1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) xxvi. 332 Progressive swelling of the testicles, commencing in the tunica vaginalis in 2–3 days and becoming purulent, is followed by death usually about the tenth day. 1975 R. Graves Coll. Poems xi. 209 His wound was nine long years in healing, Purulent with dead hope. 1995 Interzone Apr. 31/1 ‘With a pretty hideous STD virus,’ Benno glanced at the purulent red genitals. b. Of a disease, process, or condition: characterized or accompanied by the formation of pus. ΚΠ 1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 362 Purulent, suppuratory and scrophulous Distempers. 1826 Lancet 4 Feb. 625/1 It is the Purulent ophthalmia..the ‘purulent eye’ of children. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight v. 56 Purulent ophthalmia is one of the most dangerous diseases to which the eye is subject. 1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) xvii. 215 When the mother is suffering from gonorrhœa, infants may acquire, during delivery, a purulent infection of the conjunctiva. 1988 Q. N. Myrvik & R. S. Weiser Fund. Med. Bacteriol. & Mycol. (ed. 2) xiv. 224 The infection..may involve the fallopian tubes and lead to acute purulent salpingitis or chronic salpingitis. 2004 Avian Pathol. 33 145 The intraperitoneally infected chickens..showed various degrees of localized purulent peritonitis at the inoculation site. 3. gen. Disgusting; inferior; contemptible. 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Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xvi. 670/1 Lord Fawconbridge is sent to sound their affections, and to draw the purulent matter to an head. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 13 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. A Discharge of the peccant Humour, in exceeding purulent Metre. 1891 Times 12 June 10/6 Only one construction can be put upon this purulent secretiveness. 2003 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 16 Feb. 13 A fast-moving, zestful, stirring script that serves up corporate greed and capitalist compassion..selfless motherhood and purulent prejudice. Derivatives ˈpurulently adv. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [adverb] purulentlya1834 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1849) I. 137 He shall be allowed to abuse as much and as purulently as he likes. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 425 Surrounding the purulently infiltrated part. 1994 Cardiovascular Surg. 2 78 (title) Purulently infected abdominal aortic aneurysm: in situ reconstruction with transmesocolic omental transposition technique. † purulentness n. Obsolete rare purulence.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Purulentness, fulness of Matter or Corruption. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1425
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